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WhatsApp blocks Health Ministry complaints hotline

Jun 19, 2019

The Health Ministry will meet with officials from Facebook, after its subsidiary, WhatsApp blocked the ministry's smoking ban hotline 

The ministry used WhatsApp to set up the hotline, for members of the public to report cases of smokers lighting up in no-smoking areas. 

People would then send photographic evidence of people flouting the ban, along with their complaints. 

However, Free Malaysia Today says WhatsApp has since blocked the hotline, because of complaints that it breached the app's rules on privacy. 

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Don't think you can easily get away with breaking traffic laws, now that the Ops Selamat enforcement campaign for the Hari Raya period has ended. 

The Deputy IGP says traffic cops will continue to enforce the law strictly, in a bid to bring down the country's high rate of road accidents and fatalities. 

During the Raya campaign, 24 thousand accidents were reported, up nearly 10 percent from last year, while there were 250 accident-related deaths. 

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The two child abuse victims who were rescued in Puchong will continue to be warded until hospital authorities deem they are fit enough to leave

Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh says once released, the Social Welfare Department will look into the best alternative care options for the children.

This includes housing them with other family members or at welfare homes run by NGOs.

The siblings, aged 7 and 8 were rescued by police recently, and checks found that they were malnourished and had abuse marks all over their bodies.

A married couple and their 13-year-old daughter were arrested for the alleged abuse.