IPOH: The Perak Health Department has launched investigations into claims that health officers purportedly slapped matriculation students with a RM1,500 fine for breaching the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the department has acknowledged the matter and currently investigating the case.
"Thank you for lodging the complaint to the Health Ministry and action will be taken immediately. Insya-Allah," he said in a Twitter post.
Dr Noor Hisham said this in his response to a Twitter post by user @NabilAmirul4 which contained an image allegedly showing the incident and requested an explanation from the ministry on the matter.
Several Twitter users pointed out that the move was unfair because the students have already been confined or "quarantined" in their college for over five months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to user @ainurjannxh, health officials had visited the Perak Matriculation College in Gopeng on Sunday to investigate a case of food poisoning in a cafe there.
According to her, the officers visited the cafe again yesterday and subsequently issued compound notices to the students for not wearing the masks properly.