POLICE will be calling up a woman who claims that the increase in Covid-19 cases in Selangor is due to a glove factory, via a viral Tik Tok video. 

Petaling Jaya district police chief Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said this is because the video could cause fear among the people on the outbreak in the state, which she alleges originated from the factory operator’s action in not adhering to the enhanced movement-control order (EMCO) standard operating procedures.

He said the three-minute footage shows the woman introducing herself as the chairman of a coalition of civil society organisations in the state.

“She claims that the increase of Covid-19 cases is due to the glove factory’s operator, who moved (Covid-19) positive workers from their dormitory in Petaling Jaya to two hotels in Klang, to enable them to go to work during the EMCO period,” he said in a statement today.

Fakhrudin said the woman also alleges that there were Covid-19 deaths among the factory workers, which resulted in the dormitory in Sungai Way in the Petaling district being placed under EMCO, and the factory is still in operation.

Apart from that, Fakhrudin said the Klang Utara district police headquarters has also opened an investigation paper against the factory operator under Section 269 of the Penal Code, for negligence that may led to the transmission of the infectious disease to others.

He said the case is also being investigated under Section 22(b) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 for not adhering to orders issued by the Ministry of Health.

“Investigation on the woman in the video is conducted under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code for spreading a statement that can cause fear among the people,” he added. – Bernama, July 4, 2021.