“Quarantine Will Not Interfere With Government Affairs” – Muhyiddin Yassin Following HSO

This led to numerous ministers to undergo the swab test and House Surveillance Order (HSO) including Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as they were all present during a special meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on 3 October.

According to Bernama, Muhyiddin says that the quarantine would not interfere with the government’s affairs.

“I will continue to work from home and use video conferencing for meetings that I need to chair,” he said in a statement.

Muhyiddin’s statement did not sit well with netizens as many felt that he and his fellow ministers could’ve done it the moment they returned from Sabah in late September.

Recently, Malaysians were outraged when the number of cases spiked in our country and blamed the government for allowing those who came back from Sabah to not undergo mandatory quarantine effective 27 September if their COVID-19 test turned out negative.

Dah tu kenapa tak kuarantin awal. Politicians untunglah, kuarantin 14 hari, gaji puluhan ribu still masuk. Sebab politicians tak kuarantin, berpuluh ribu ringgit duit rakyat akan habis untuk test orang yang close contact.Akhirnya yang susah rakyat biasa.Sila letak jawatan. https://t.co/nZsrGAZkQE

— Datuk Jahat Hensem (@datukhensem) October 5, 2020

Oh boleh sangat kerja dalam kuarantin. Habis tu apa yang susah sangat nak kuarantin lepas balik dari Sabah? Bent the rule on their own will. Abah mung. https://t.co/cPFI4sIVea

— KH (@khairul_hariz) October 5, 2020

Kalau tak ganggu kenapa tak buat awal-awal? Takda common sense ke? Boleh pula fikir nak main golf lepas balik dari Sabah. Tapi, bebal mcm paku. Nak kena suruh dulu, baru kuarantin. ?? 14 hari je pun. Lepas tu nak main golf mainlah sampai mampus. #KlusterMenteri #432CASES https://t.co/XPBRozrdoh

— You Definitely (@Raijinshuu3) October 5, 2020

kalau tahu macam tu kuarantin la dari awal semua yang terlibat tu ? letih la camni https://t.co/EkABu1Avig

— Yoroshique ?? (@RidzwanMahazan) October 5, 2020

Da tu pahal semua bebal tak reti nak kuarantin. 2020 ni teknologi da banyak. Macam2 cara boleh berkomunikasi untuk uruskan hal kerajaan. https://t.co/zqnl6CGmEt

— MFJ (@iamFirdausjamil) October 6, 2020

Habis tu kenapa tak kuarantin 14 Hari lepas balik sabah? https://t.co/ZCwJkHT7RE

— Moonjualdoryskin ?? (@moon_crunchymy) October 6, 2020

Muhyiddin in quarantine will still receive his RM2000 per day income.The self-employeds who were lock-downed during MCO for 3 months ~ how much money did they receive?

— Khalid Karim Politicians are evil people. (@khalidkarim) October 6, 2020

Sebenarnya Dr Zul tak salah punYang salah ialah Muhyiddin san Ismail SabriKerana mereka yang buat keputusan tidak kuarantin orang balik SabahMereka gagal

— Pak Arman Amin (@armanamin330) October 6, 2020

#KlusterMenteri is now literal.Everyone at this event has to be tested and quarantined. Attendees:Dr. Zulkifli, Religous Affairs (positive).Muhyiddin, PM.Ismail Sabri, Defense.Adham Baba, Health.Radzi, Education.DG Hisham.IGP Hamid BadorNearly the entire Cabinet https://t.co/77wGwiyTdS

— Rohan Javet Beg (@RohanBeg) October 5, 2020

Netizens eventually created the #KlusterMenteri and #KlusterAhliPolitik hashtag which have been trending for the past few days.