Azalina sees ‘dangerous misogynistic tendency’ in violence against female students, urges closer look

In response to recent fatal attacks on female students in Malaysia, Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said highlighted growing concerns about misogyny and gender-based violence.

She noted that many perpetrators were known to the victims, such as classmates, and emphasized the need to explore underlying causes of such violence, including a dangerous sense of entitlement.

Azalina also called for monitoring and intervention by relevant ministries, citing broader cultural shifts towards impatience and instant gratification as potential contributors to the issue.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said today said the recent fatal attacks on female students in schools and universities could signal a rise in misogyny, and called for the underlying causes to be examined in depth.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament, she said many of the victims were women targeted by people they knew, such as classmates or faculty mates.

“From what I have observed generally, many of the victims are women, and those committing these acts are people they know — perhaps classmates or faculty mates,” she said.

“So it seems as though there is an element of gender-based violence. Whether the response stems from rejection, jealousy, and so on, what concerns me is that women are becoming victims of violence in these situations.”

Her remarks come after the death of 16-year-old Irene Sofiya Khairoul Faisal, who was found dead in her school hall after failing to return home from extra classes.

Police said she suffered fatal blunt force trauma to the head, and have remanded three male schoolmates to assist with investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

Azalina said the attacks appeared to be driven by a sense of entitlement, where being refused or rejected is met with violence.

“This matter needs to be examined in depth because it seems as though these acts can be committed because of a sense of entitlement. When someone asks for something and doesn’t get it, or wants something and is denied it, the response is violence.

“This is a very dangerous misogynistic tendency,” she added.

She added that female students were bearing the brunt of such aggression, and stressed the need for monitoring and intervention across the ministries responsible.

Azalina also pointed to a wider cultural shift, saying young people have grown impatient and expect things to arrive quickly, citing app-based delivery services.

“Young people today want everything quickly. In the past, if you wanted to cook, you had to look for onions, chop the vegetables, right? Today you just call Grab and everything arrives,” she said.

“You want a headset, you order by phone and it arrives. It cannot continue like this… this is why I feel this issue must be looked into seriously.”

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针对马来西亚近期发生的多起女学生遭袭身亡事件，法律及体制改革部长拿督斯里阿扎丽娜·奥斯曼·赛义德强调了人们对厌女症和基于性别的暴力日益增长的担忧。

她指出，许多施暴者都是受害者认识的人，例如同学，并强调需要探究此类暴力行为的根本原因，包括危险的权利意识。

阿扎丽娜还呼吁相关部门进行监督和干预，并指出文化上日益增长的急躁和追求即时满足的趋势可能是造成这一问题的潜在因素。

吉隆坡，10月7日——法律及体制改革部长拿督斯里阿扎丽娜·奥斯曼·赛义德今天表示，近期发生在中小学和大学校园的针对女学生的致命袭击可能预示着厌女症的抬头，她呼吁深入调查其根本原因。

她在议会接受记者采访时表示，许多受害者都是女性，她们的犯罪目标是熟人，例如同学或同事。

“据我观察，很多受害者都是女性，而实施这些行为的人是她们认识的人——可能是同学或同事，”她说。

“所以，这似乎存在性别暴力因素。无论这种反应是源于拒绝、嫉妒等等，我担心的是，在这些情况下，女性正在成为暴力的受害者。”

在她发表这番言论之前，16 岁的艾琳·索菲亚·凯鲁尔·费萨尔 (Irene Sofiya Khairoul Faisal) 去世了。她上完课后没有回家，人们在学校大厅里发现了她的尸体。

警方称她头部遭受致命钝器重击，并已根据《刑法》第302条（谋杀罪）拘留了三名男同学，以协助调查。

阿扎利娜表示，这些袭击似乎是由一种权利意识驱动的，在这种意识中，被拒绝或遭到排斥就会引发暴力。

“这件事需要深入调查，因为这些行为似乎是出于一种权利意识而发生的。当有人提出要求却得不到满足，或者想要某样东西却被拒绝时，他们的反应往往是暴力。”

她补充说：“这是一种非常危险的厌女倾向。”

她补充说，女学生首当其冲地承受着这种侵略行为的冲击，并强调相关部门需要进行监督和干预。

阿扎利娜还指出了一种更广泛的文化转变，她说年轻人变得没有耐心，希望东西能快速送达，并以基于应用程序的送货服务为例。

“现在的年轻人什么都想要快。以前，如果你想做饭，就得去找洋葱，切菜，对吧？现在你只要叫个外卖，所有东西就送到了，”她说。

“你想买个耳机，打电话订购，然后就送到了。这样下去不行……所以我认为这个问题必须认真对待。”

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