00:00a former doctor has alleged that a gang acting as agents for funeral services has
00:07dominated the mortuary of a public hospital in Sarawa the former civil
00:12servant who asked to be known as Johan said that gang members often showed up
00:16as soon as a death was reported in the emergency department or hospital wards
00:20sometimes even before the death was officially confirmed speaking to FMT he
00:25said there are insiders leaking information to them who are clearly being
00:29paid for it it was reported on Monday that the health ministry had issued a
00:34stern warning to hospital mortuary staff not to accept any form of payment gift or
00:39donation in exchange for handling the remains of dead people or providing
00:43information about the deceased in a circular sent to all hospitals the
00:48ministry made it clear that accepting money or cooperating with funeral service
00:52agents could be seen as corruption Johan who served over 20 years in the
00:57ministry said the gang mainly targets non-muslim bodies and continues
01:01operating with funeral operators even getting into violent altercations as
01:05part of territorial disputes and next of kin of a deceased non-muslim also
01:11recounted a 2017 case at the chiras hospital where a staff member demanded
01:16200 ringgit during body identification calling it inappropriate and against SOPs
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