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SHAH ALAM: Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has brushed off allegations that the comment made by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to a Form Six student during a public forum was sexist.
She said the comment was misunderstood.
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Speaking to reporters after the inauguration ceremony for the construction of SJK(C) Regent Elmina in Shah Alam on Monday (June 26), Fadhlina was responding to a question about the Prime Minister’s statement during an event at a Negri Sembilan university, where the student had asked the Prime Minister about his administration's plans to tackle the ringgit's falling value.
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The student had also asked him whether Malaysia could become a first-class nation and what the government and the younger generation could do to realise that aim.
Anwar responded by praising the student on how well she relayed her questions, and then said that if he were younger, he would have asked the student for her phone number.
Anwar has since come under heavy criticism including from Muda deputy president Amira Aisya Abd Aziz and Bersatu’s Legal and Constitution bureau deputy chairman Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif, who labelled the Prime Minister's remarks as sexist and inappropriate.
