Education minister Fadhlina Sidek said she instructed her ministry to look into the matter and urged anyone with information to lodge a police report.

PETALING JAYA: Education minister Fadhlina Sidek has ordered an immediate halt to all school programmes involving a freelance speaker, following allegations on social media that he sexually assaulted students.

"I have instructed that all programmes involving the freelance speaker concerned be stopped immediately to allow for a full investigation," she said in a statement today.

Fadhlina said the matter was serious as it involved student safety, and that she had instructed her ministry to look into it. She also urged anyone with information to lodge a police report.