Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing said he did not intend to “maliciously target” Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah by accusing him of being “afraid to die”.

In a statement today, Tiong said he meant to highlight people’s dissatisfaction with shortcomings in the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said the Health Ministry should have acted more decisively in...