KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan is urging the government to look for alternative cures and measures to fight Covid-19 aside from vaccination.
He said there were too many citizens unsuitable for inoculation due to health and religious reasons.
“The government should give clear directives to those who are exempted from vaccination. I personally received too many calls from people sharing their fears about the safety of the vaccine.
“The government should not deny that there are side effects. There are many people who were healthy but mysteriously paralysed or died after they were vaccinated,” he said in a statement on Monday (March 28).
Voon stated that there were reports and talks claiming that the vaccines were unsafe.
“The effectiveness of the vaccines had raised doubts among the public.
“Furthermore, there are many reports in online portals that governments are being sued by their citizens for probable Covid-19 vaccination.”
He mentioned a report in New Straits Times on Feb 24, until recently, the Ministry of Health had received not less than 1,758 reports of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) since the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (PICK) kicked off in February last year.
“This is an alarmingly high figure and this is not a tragedy by a statistic to show that there could be truth that the vaccines are not suitable for Malaysians and alternative medicines and measures should be sought.
“The government should come with a commitment to deny or to admit whether or not the vaccines are truly safe and effective.
“Coming up with a threat saying those who fail to get their booster jab before April 1 will have their digital vaccination certificates revoked is against the right of choice of citizens.
“Vaccinations should not be forced on people as it tantamount to assault or battery. The government should not put its citizens at risk.”
