A local actress who hosted a Facebook live interview with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad this morning has drawn flak over her remarks implying that the younger generation is not feeling the impact of the rising cost of living in the country.

The 30-year-old actress, Fathia Latiff, said she belongs to the younger generation and personally did not feel the impact of increasing prices due to the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) or other factors.

“To me personally, even though we (younger generation) know that the price of petrol has increased, all things are taxed with six per cent GST and all that, but it did not really burden us,” she said, triggering a series of comments from viewers who criticised her stand.

Referring to Mahathir’s current struggle, she said it gave her the impression that youths must fight to save Malaysia from future economic disasters.

“But we haven’t seen that yet. How can you convince us to be more involved, love the country, and be more careful to safeguard the future?

“Now I see that things are still okay. Even though people talk about an economic downturn, they go shopping, they seem happy and have no problems,” she said...