KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) has denied the involvement of the country’s military personnel in Palestine following a viral video on TikTok yesterday, saying it was an old video of a group of MAF personnel assigned to Lebanon in 2022.
The MAF headquarters reported that the video lasting one minute and 36 seconds was posted through an account belonging to @adamjohan64.
“MAF has examined the content of the video and found it to be an old video of MAF members assigned to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon mission under the Malaysian Battalion 850-10 to Lebanon in 2022.
“MAF denies the content of the video and confirms that it is completely untrue,” read the statement last night.
The headquarters of the MAF also urged the public not to make any assumptions or spread any uncertain or false information, as doing so could lead to speculation and panic among the people.
“It is stressed that any individual found to be spreading fake news can be prosecuted under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,” it added. – October 16, 2023