KUALA LUMPUR - A government agency involved in Covid-19 innovations has courted controversy for allegedly hiring as its adviser a cosmetic surgeon who was struck off the medical registers in both Malaysia and Australia.
The Malaysian Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (Marii) appointed Dr Faizal Anwar as its medical and health data adviser and, in April, rolled out the ImmuSAFE Covid+ biochip that the health ministry will use to verify vaccine efficacy.
Some people on social media as well as an opposition figure have claimed this is the same Dr Faizal who was sued by at least a dozen women in Australia for botching cosmetic operations in 2017. He was deregistered by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC).
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