Cop’s death not due to vaccine, say police

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 16 Apr 2021 7:15PM · 0 Comments

Police are denying widely shared information that the death of an officer who recently took her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine was due to the jab. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 16, 2021.

POLICE denied allegations that a cop in Kajang had died after receiving her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine shot.

Kajang district police chief Mohd Zaid Hassan said the police are still waiting for the investigation report and the post-mortem results from the Kajang Hospital Forensic Department.

“The information that has gone viral on Facebook and WhatsApp is not true.

“We are investigating the fake news, and I urge the public to refrain from (speculating) about the false information, (as it) can cause public fear and uncertainty,” he said in a statement today.

Earlier, a post claiming that a female traffic police personnel had died due to a heart attack after receiving her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, had been widely shared on social media. – Bernama, April 16, 2021.