KOTA KINABALU: UMNO President, Dato Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid is worried with a media report that alleges 12,705 college students have turned to the social media in search of ‘sugar daddy’.
He said that this places the country on the top rank in Asia for college students acquiring ‘sugar daddy’.
He also said that the claim involves both public and private tertiary students around Lembah Klang and said that he found the phenomenon upsetting.
‘This not only shows moral degradation but is also against the Syariah laws for those who are Moslems.
“I do not wish to find fault in anyone concerning the issue because what is more vital now is to save the country’s future generation,” he said in his Facebook posting today.
Zahid said that the media report mentioned an increase of more than 40 percent in college students’ registration for ‘sugar daddy’ after MCO 1.0, CMCO, RMCO and MCO 2.0.
“Perhaps it is because of lives demands and the economy following the Covid-19 pandemic that caused the college students involved to behave like that,” he said.
Hence, he hoped the Higher Education Ministry would consider the issue and said also that “I will communicate with Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad myself”.
Zahid also hopes that the religious agencies will investigate and save the students who are Moslems.
“If it is because of financial demands, JAKIM, State Islamic Department, zakat centres and Baitulmal could perhaps channel financial assistance.
“Help our college students and don’t allow them to be swept away,” he said.
