KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 -- Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh slammed people who questioned her decision to wear a selendang (headscarf) at a meeting at Monash University in Australia, as part of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's entourage.

Yeoh said that Malaysia needs to promote unity better so that the donning of a headscarf by a non-Muslim should not be an issue.

She said her decision to wear the headscarf was because she did not want to be late for the prime minister's event as she did not have time to redo her hair after attending an event at Al-Taqwa College, an Islamic school in Melbourne, where women were requested to cover their heads.

"Some have asked why I was wearing a selendang in the photograph taken with Monash...