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Malaysia’s Health Czar Under Fire

Critics charge mismanagement, authoritarian behavior

Our Correspondent
Apr 23, 2020
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A widening chorus of critics charges that Malaysia’s Director-General for Health, Noor Hisham Abdullah, has badly mishandled the country’s approach to the Covid-19 virus while fostering a cult of personality around him and aggrandizing his importance, almost rendering him out of control.

The pandemic has now affected at least 5,532 victims and caused 93 …

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