KUALA LUMPUR: Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid appears to be on the receiving end of criticism after posting a video of her young daughter reacting to her father Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's criminal charges.
Among those who shared their disapproval was Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh.
“Parents should protect their children and not allow such videos of them to be floating on the internet," Yeoh said, referring to a 28-second clip of the child’s response that was posted on her mother’s Instagram account.
“I ask that we stop sharing the child's video. She is too young to understand what's going on and it's normal for kids to be attached to grandparents.
“Adults should know better & not manipulate her emotions. The child is innocent,” Yeoh said on Twitter today.
In the video, Nurulhidayah's daughter, dressed in a mock Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) lock-up t-shirt, was seen hitting out at the charges levelled against her grandfather, Ahmad Zahid, who is also Umno president.
“You can lock my grandpa up, but not his soul and his fighting spirit. We are his family and we’ll never stop praying for him. I will make your life un-peaceful. I will make you regret your life. Remember – I am only 9-years-old and I am my country’s future,” she said while rallying support for the former deputy prime minister.
Ahmad Zahid is facing a whopping 45 charges of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges last Friday and is out on a RM2 million bail.