Covid-19 | Man faces up to two years imprisonment for spreading rumors

The local resident who spread fake information on social media could face a sentence of up to two years in prison, according to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP).
Last week, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced the arrest of a 46-year-old local man, suspected of having committed crimes against public security, order, and peace during sudden incidents of a public nature.
According to the report, the man is accused of fabricating and disseminating rumors online about the current Covid-19 pandemic situation in Macau, with intent to cause panic in the community.
This was, in the current climate, considered to be “enough to provoke panic or public anxiety, harming the security and public order and affecting the MSAR government’s epidemic prevention work,” the PJ stated.
The resident posted the rumors online during Macau’s “immediate prevention status,” which the Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng ordered on August 3 following the detection of four Delta cases. MDT