Idris Ahmad and Awang Hashim, both Cabinet members, turned on an FMT reporter when questioned about a Kedah gambling ban. pic.twitter.com/cteaECR59o

— Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) November 15, 2021

Deputy Minister Awang Hashim: You tanya Bahasa Melayu lah, you are Malaysian or not?

FMT senior journalist Minderjeet Kaur: I am a Malaysian certainly.

This is 2021, we still have politicians questioning journalists in such a racist and sexist manner.
https://t.co/KFHD0fP11j

— Norman Goh (@imnormgoh) November 14, 2021

It doesn’t matter what language media professionals use during a press conference and politicians or ministers going that low by asking if they’re Malaysians, they should speak in Bahasa Malaysia.

It’s 2021 and were entering 2022.

We’re still seeing such things happening.

— Norman Goh (@imnormgoh) November 14, 2021

In 2009, the then former communications and multimedia minister Rais Yatim rapped a journalist from The Star to ask his questions in Bahasa Malaysia instead. Rais is the current Senate President.https://t.co/Xke3yPSo7P

— Norman Goh (@imnormgoh) November 14, 2021

National Union of Journalists (NUJ) president Farah Marshita Abdul Patah said the union was unhappy with the actions of some leaders and politicians, like the duo, who “bullied reporters who were carrying out their duties”.https://t.co/3Iw6QR978O

— Norman Goh (@imnormgoh) November 15, 2021

Seriously, this make me feel sick and ashamed of my bangsa. Why the langsi ones are always politician melayu? Where is the contoh dan tauladan yang baik? Where is the Keluarga Malaysia?

— #solidarititoHCWcontracts (@iskandarzulzak) November 15, 2021

Reporters have a job, which involves asking questions. Minderjeet Kaur was doing just that. PAS duo responded by harassing the journalist, essentially because she is a woman. This is sexism. pic.twitter.com/vx1zlDCEx2

— Charles Santiago (@mpklang) November 15, 2021