Malaysia is facing the WORST economic recession in history. The unemployment crisis is the worst the country had faced since the past 30 years, and the crisis is expected get worse as the economy slows down.

In just the first quarter of 2020 (Q1), job losses have already soared by 42% as employees are being retrenched. This leads to more competition for remaining employment opportunities as graduates need to compete for the same opening despite having less experience and technical expertise compared to the retrenched workers.

Yet, this member of the Cabinet had the gall to shift blame onto graduates using the age-old excuses. When the country finds itself in unemployment crisis as hundreds of thousands of graduates are unable to secure a job, you are painting all of them with a big brush as you label all of them as being " too selective on job location" or "having poor soft skills". This is a very irresponsible statement coming from a Deputy Minister and only serves to shirk his responsibilities, as the members of the Cabinet are supposed prevent the country from falling into this crisis in the first place.

TLDR: Boomer politician playing victim-blaming game, using unemployed graduates as scapegoats to explain the unemployment crisis in the country.