Education Minister Radzi Jidin visited a vocational college in Kuala Lumpur last night following allegations that “period spot checks” had been conducted at the institution last week.

According to former journalist Tashny Sukumaran on Twitter, a source studying at the ERT Vocational College in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, told her that she and about 30 other girls aged 18 or 19 were rounded up at around 7.50pm on Oct 18.

They were then given cotton buds and were told to ‘prove’ they were on their period...