Kudat MP deletes FB post slamming 18-year-old uni student Veveonah


KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri has deleted his Facebook post criticising university student Veveonah Mosibin and accusing her of faking her online examination woes.

The post on Monday (Sept 7) evening had alleged that the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) student, who gained social media fame after posting a video on YouTube of her climbing a tree to get an Internet connection, had dramatised the issue for the sake of publicity.

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