Sarawak deputy police chief Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar said they have detected a number of fake news on coronavirus cases allegedly happening in Sarawak being posted on social media. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

KUCHING, Jan 29 — Sarawak police have opened an investigation paper against a social media account holder for allegedly posting fake news that a patient, claimed to have contracted the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV), has been admitted to a private hospital here.