Non-Muslim reps wear headscarves as show of solidarity


  • Nation
  • Friday, 22 Mar 2019

From left - Lim Yi Wei (Kampung Tunku), Michelle Ng Mei Sze (Subang Jaya), Wong Siew Ki (Balakong) and Lee Kee Hiong (Kuala Kubu Baru).

SHAH ALAM: As a mark of solidarity with their Muslim comrades, the state’s non-Muslim women elected representatives donned the headscarf at the Selangor Legislative Assembly sitting.

The suggestion for the elected representatives to wear the headscarf was mooted by Sungai Kandis assemblyman Zawawi Ahmad Mughni during the assembly session on Thursday (March 21).

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