UM student Ummi Umairah Bakhit made headlines in October for questioning a campaign to raise funds for Najib Razak to pay his RM50 million fine. (Facebook pic)KUALA LUMPUR: A government backbencher has called for a Universiti Malaya student who criticised a fundraising campaign for former prime minister Najib Razak to be recognised as a "national student icon".
RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) said economics undergraduate Ummi Umairah Bakhit deserved recognition for her courage in speaking out against corruption.
“I ask that she be recognised as a national student figure,” he said during the debate on the higher education ministry's 2027 budget at the committee stage in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Ummi, 23, made headlines last month after questioning a campaign to raise funds for Najib to pay his RM50 million fine during a dialogue with political leaders at the International Young Future Leaders Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
