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'Lain-lain' M'sians, non-citizens lumped together in Covid deaths stats

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PARLIAMENT | A written parliamentary reply for a question asking for the racial breakdown of Covid-19 deaths among Malaysian citizens has lumped together "lain-lain" Malaysians with non-citizens.

In the reply from the Health Ministry to Ong Kian Ming (Harapan-Bangi), it said of the 471 "Malaysians" that died from Covid-19 last year, 273 (57.96 percent) were "lain-lain".

It said 127 (26.96 percent) deaths last year were Malay...

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