Naming of new panel shows up minister Rina, says Hannah

 

Women, family and community development minister Rina Harun is not up to the job, says former deputy minister Hannah Yeoh.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s decision to set up a special committee to protect vulnerable groups proves that women, family and community development minister Rina Harun, is not doing her job, a former deputy minister said.

Hannah Yeoh said that it was the ministry’s job to look out for vulnerable groups.

“If a committee is needed for this, it shows that the minister (Rina) is not doing her job as protecting the vulnerable is part of the ministry’s job scope,” said Yeoh, who was the deputy minister for that portfolio from 2018 to 2020.

The government has announced the setting up of a special cabinet committee for protecting vulnerable groups, especially children, disabled persons, women and senior citizens.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob made the announcement after visiting Bella, the teenager with Down Syndrome.

Yeoh called for a government agency to be set up on children’s needs, and for child protection services to be enhanced. -FMT