KUALA LUMPUR: Social media and networking sites have been abuzz with criticism on the 20-year-old bogus dentist who was recently charged in the Melaka Sessions Court.
Many netizens expressed disgust and anger over Nur Farahanis Ezatty Adli's irresponsible action of not only running an unregistered private dental clinic, but also lying about getting support from Health Ministry officials. She had made the claim on a post on her Instagram after she was fined RM70,000 by the court.
Nur Farahanis, also known as claimed that her “business” was approved and granted to her by the Health Ministry and she named two officials in her post.
A Facebook user, Noor Rumaizah Binti Muhammed criticised a video by the woman taken outside a government building, showing arrogance after she posted her fine.
"Such a show off. Congratulations. You are the best scammer because you managed to get others to serve your sentence and even pay for the court fine. Meanwhile, you save your own money to open another business," she wrote.
Noor Rumaizah also asked the public to boycott all services provided by her in the same post.
Instagram user BlindOwl criticised the woman, saying her actions were not only irresponsible but could have cost the life of someone, if something had gone wrong.
Another FB user from Kluang, INi bl0G d0d0l also condemned the 20-year-old bogus dentist who he described as a sweet talker.
He wrote “The way she talks, even an elephant will fall. Its obvious that you don’t have expertise in dentistry, but (you) still want to open a clinic of your own. Other people study really hard.
"You have the cheek to drag in the names of ministry officials?," he wrote on his page.
In sarcasm, INi bl0G d0d0l also had added a quote from the woman, which said, "Although many are certified dentists in the country, but the authority was only given to her alone in the whole of Malaysia,"
Another FB user, ili binti zarov wrote that the case will not deter other scammers from carrying on with their illegal activities. She said it was a shame that the dentist had allegedly received help from an NGO to pay off her court fine when the money could have been used for a better cause.
"This is a bad precedent. When this happens , our war against the public being victimised by uncertified medical practitioners and being taken advantage of, just goes to a waste," she wrote on the Pseudoscience Watch wall on a social networking site.
Meanwhile attempts to view the bogus dentist’s social account on Facebook and Instagram have been futile as she has since privatised her account, not allowing access for others to view her profile.
It was reported that on Sept 29, Nur Farahanis was fined RM70,000 by the Sessions Court in Melaka for running a private dental clinic which was not registered under Section 27 of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998. She, however, was released from prison after serving only six days out of her six-month jail term for failing to pay a court fine.