Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (
pic) said the Perak Health Department is looking into the matter. Thanks for the complaint made to the Health Ministry. Actions will be taken immediately, he said in reply to Twitter user @NabilAmirul4, who shared a picture of the incident on Monday (April 19).
According to @NabilAmirul4, the students have been confined to their colleges for an entire semester due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The incident is believed to have occurred at the Perak Matriculation College in Gopeng.
The post has been retweeted about 30,000 times.
There was also plenty of furore on Twitter, with many users deeming the incident unfair.