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Top 5 At 5: Real Doctors, Fraudulent Disability Claims

Dr Muhammad Mohan, President, Transparency International Malaysia

05-Sep-24 17:00

Top 5 At 5: Real Doctors, Fraudulent Disability Claims

Five doctors were arrested for falsifying Socso disability claims amounting to 2.1 million Ringgit since 2017. We speak to Dr Muhammad Mohan, President of Transparency International Malaysia.

Other stories we covered:

  • The Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) has put out a statement highlighting the rise in femicide in Malaysia. Alethea Choo, research and advocacy officer of WAO, helps us unpack this.

  • Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has promised to strengthen relations with Russia, following a meeting with its President, Vladimir Putin. We reached out to Collins Chong, a foreign affairs, security and strategy analyst from Universiti Malaya.

  • Could Malaysia adopt trash-eating beetles from the Columbia highlands to devour piles of trash that would otherwise end up in landfills? We asked Professor Sudesh Kumar from the School of Biological Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

  • Jakim has confirmed that several well-known food chains do not hold halal certification for their premises including Johnny’s Restaurant, Black Canyon, Dolly Dim Sum, Mr. Dakgalbi, and Bungkus Kaw Kaw. We spoke to Roslan Saludin, the former Secretary of the Shariah Advisory Council of QSR Brands Holdings, as well as Chin Ren Yi, the Co-Founder of myBurgerLab.

Image Credit: Cedric Fauntleroy, Pexels

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek, Juliet Jacobs, Sudais Ferhard

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn


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Tags:  social security organisation (socso)women's aid organisationvladimir putinbeetleshalaljakim





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