Photos of deputy minister celebrating birthday during MCO surface

Noel Achariam Noel Achariam Updated 4 years ago · Published on 18 Apr 2020 8:59PM · 7 Comments

The photos uploaded on Facebook showing a group of men gathering at Deputy Rural Development Minister Abdul Rahman Mohamad to celebrate his birthday. – Facebook pic, April 18, 2020.

MORE pictures of political leaders flouting the movement control order (MCO) are coming to the fore, the latest being that of Deputy Rural Development Minister Abdul Rahman Mohamad. 

Pictures of Rahman allegedly celebrating his birthday were uploaded on Facebook on April 13, with screenshots of the post being widely shared on social media.

In the Facebook post, his followers wished him a “Happy Birthday” and hopes for a prosperous life. 

One of the pictures showed a group of visitors coming to visit him with a cake in tow. None of them wore face masks or practised social distancing. 

Another picture showed the Umno Lipis MP blowing out candles and cutting the cake. 

The Malaysian Insight is attempting to reach Rahman.

Earlier today, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had said nobody, including those in government, was above the law, amid furore over a Perikatan Nasional leader who allegedly breached MCO rules.

“Nobody is above the law. I understand that there have been police reports and we will leave it to police to carry out investigations,” he said in Putrajaya today.

However, he did not name any Perikatan Nasional leader.

His remarks follows the surfacing of photos of Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali having a meal with more than a dozen people at a Perak tahfiz school, in breach of a ban on public gatherings.

Berita Harian reported that police will will summon the deputy minister for allegedly flouting the MCO. Perak police chief Razarudin Husain, however, said it appears that all the attendees had observed social distancing rules.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Takiyuddin Hassan had also said that ministers and deputy ministers are not immune under the law if they deliberately flout the MCO. 

He had said it was up to the authorities to take appropriate action if it is true that gatherings were deliberately held involving any minister or deputy minister. – April 18, 2020.

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  • PN ministers seems to be defying MCO while preaching to rakyat to comply. Real shameful and it shows the hypocrisy of all these back door ministers. At the end, all preaching must have Malay Muslims government and yet they know how to make fools of the majority race only but will blame DAP or the nons all the problems.

    Posted 4 years ago by BC O · Reply

  • Malays are only Good are Blaming the Non Malays. Tell malays to Blame GOD now for NO ANY ONE IS ALLOWED TO PLACE OF WORSHIP. Kalau Boleh PerikatanNasional Monsters will blame the Non Malays for tis also.

    Posted 4 years ago by Lucky Boy · Reply

  • Disgusting! This is not a question about who is above the law. This is about having common sense and showing a good example. It doesnt matter in reality if they were practising social distancing, you should not even gather in the first place! No one is in a position to treat a group of people when we are facing a pandemic! Why do we have such stupid people holding ministerial posts? First Rina Harun and now this. I am so disgusted.

    Posted 4 years ago by Jasmine Chin · Reply

  • A deputy health minister flouting the MCO. What a bloody disgrace. He as well as though with him should be arrested and charged in court. If anything, the judge should triple the penalty for this backdoor deputy health minister including a jail term.

    Posted 4 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Perhaps our Agong should reprimand them. Our Agong took the pain to go for a drive to check the MCO but over here we have ministers and their deputies and politicians and leaders in our own backyard flouting the MCO. Not wearing masks and celebrating a birthday as if there is no MCO definitely deserve a reprimand from the King. Our King should remember who they are.

    Posted 4 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • They are enjoying their SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
    This mantra of "special privileges" that has been sung to them like a lullaby since Independence makes them believe laws don't apply to them the way they do to those without "special privileges". Well, as is said "you shall reap what you sow"!

    Posted 4 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply

  • And we are not even allowed to walk the dog for a few minutes. Ridiculous.

    Posted 4 years ago by Sunita petrus · Reply