Ti Lian Ker says he posted Covid-19 conspiracy theory as tongue-in-cheek question

National Unity Deputy Minister Ti Lian Ker has clarified that a tweet he posted falsely linking Microsoft billionaire founder Bill Gates to the spread of Covid-19 and claiming that the pandemic might have been planned, was not an endorsement of the conspiracy theory on his part.

Instead, Ti said that he was merely questioning it after a post titled "Covid-19 planned?" appeared on his Twitter account...