Zahid hopes committee will be supervisory body for issues related to children

PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hopes the social committee that he will chair to study various issues involving children will be given the power as a supervisory body on matters related to education, rights and crimes against children.

Ahmad Zahid, who has been asked by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to chair the social committee, said he would conduct an indepth study on the formation of the committee as soon as possible as it also involved issues related to the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.