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Education minister says committed to ending ‘period spot checks’ after alleged incident at college

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin has paid a visit to the college that allegedly conducted “period spot checks” on its students.

“I came here tonight to listen to and get some feedback from the students. Apart from that, we wanted to get the principal and the teachers’ explanations on this matter. Radzi was accompanied by the Ministry of Education secretary-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad and Malaysian director-general of Education Datin Seri Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid.

Former journalist Tashny Sukumaran tweeted that she received a tip that the incident in question happened on October 18 around 7.50pm.Last week I received a message from a whistleblower who attends Kolej Vokasional ERT Setapak. On 18 Oct at around 7.50pm, she and about 30 other young women were rounded up, given cotton buds and asked to 'prove' that they were on their period.

 

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