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KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Office (AGC) decided that “No further action will be taken” (NFA) against Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali for disobeying mandatory home quarantine rule, police say .
“We have received instructions to report the outcome of the case. The instructions are for NFA the case due to the fact that the minister did not receive the 14B form to be quarantined, ”Bukit Aman CID Director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said at a press conference in Bukit Aman on Wednesday ( October 21).
He added that the decision was made because no “concrete statement” was given that could be used to accuse the minister.
When asked if the Ministry of Health did not issue the form to the minister, Comm Huzir said, “Yes.”
The police had submitted their investigative papers to the AGC last month, after registering the statements of more than 10 people in connection with the case.
Khairuddin’s violation of the mandatory 14-day quarantine came to light when it was raised in Dewan Rakyat on August 18 by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.
He had returned from what he described as a “semi-work trip” to that country, which included members of his family, on July 7.
After the matter came to light, the Health Ministry said it had slapped Khairuddin with a fine of RM 1,000 for violating the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Act of 1998 (Law 342) on 7 August.
Khairuddin said he would give up his salary from May to August as an act of remorse for violating the 14-day quarantine rule.
In a statement, where he apologized to all Malaysians, he said he would donate the money to the national Covid-19 fund of the Ministry of Health.
However, many Malaysians still insisted that he should resign, noting that members of the public found guilty of the same offense were imprisoned and subjected to higher fines.
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