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2,000 unauthorised ads on health products pulled down since Jan 1
MCMC is working closely with the health authorities to identify fake medicines and unauthorised health service advertisements.
PETALING JAYA : A total of 2,033 unauthorised online advertisements on health products and services have been pulled down during the first seven months of this year.
Deputy communications minister Teo Nie Ching said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission did this after receiving 2,283 complaints from the health ministry, Bernama reported.
'In 2022, MCMC received eight complaints and removed all related ads. In 2023, 439 complaints were received and 390 ads were removed.
'Last year, MCMC received 3,312 complaints and took down 1,643 unauthorised online ads,' she said after officiating the Johor-level Madani MSME Digital Grant Festival 2025 in Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru, today.
Teo said her ministry is working closely with the health authorities to identify false and unauthorised medicine or health service advertisements.
'When we receive a complaint from the ministry, MCMC will notify social media platform providers to take the advertisement down if it is unauthorised.
'If the complaint comes from the public, for example on fake medicines, we will refer it to the health ministry for verification first before further action is taken,' she said.
