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Teo refutes viral claims linking her to secret society and fatal Kulai crash

Malaysia Times desk Original: Focus Malaysia 8/29 10:30 X
Teo refutes viral claims linking her to secret society and fatal Kulai crash
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Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching has strongly denied online allegations attempting to link her and DAP to gang-related activities and a fatal car crash in Kulai.

From the original report

Speaking in Kulai, Teo dismissed the claims as false and fabricated, noting that new social media accounts were created specifically to target her. She explained that casual photos taken with members of the public during normal social settings were being maliciously twisted into gang involvement.

Viral posts claimed influential figures covered up the recent death of a 17-year-old girl by framing it as an ordinary traffic accident.

This is a brief of a report by another newsroom. The excerpt below is from the original.

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Focus Malaysia
Originally published
Aug 29, 2026
Updated here
Aug 29, 2026
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