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Storm over 'selendang': We need to promote unity better - Yeoh

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Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said Malaysia needs to work on promoting unity after she was questioned for wearing a “selendang” (headscarf) at a meeting at Monash University in Australia, as part of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s entourage.

She explained that before the meeting on Monday, she had attended an event at Al-Taqwa College, an Islamic school in Melbourne, where women were requested to cover their heads...

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