Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing has yet again slammed the Health Ministry in its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, this time implying that the data on deaths and Covid-19 cases were being manipulated by “unseen hands”.

Tiong claimed that 31,696 people (as of Jan 10) in the country have died unnecessarily as a result of this pandemic, adding that it was merely the figure that was reported and published.

“It would be even more heartbreaking to add in those numbers that were unreported. This high mortality rate is not something we can...