Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek did not mince her words when taking a swipe at a Perikatan Nasional activist who wrongly claimed students singing the Perak state anthem were instead singing the Negaraku in Chinese.

She said the embarrassing claim is because the activist - whom she did not name - was suffering from a case of “bebal-ism” (being stupid).

“Why bebal-ism? First...