Local actor Lim Ching Miau, better known as Miau Miau, has expressed her support for jazz singer Sheila Majid after the latter was criticised by various parties for tweeting about the rising cost of living in Malaysia.

Lim said in a Facebook post yesterday that artistes are citizens who have the right to express themselves, and that they are not “political idiots”.

“This Malay singer has voiced out the opinion of the people, is it wrong?

“Don’t forget that we, as artistes, are also citizens. We are not political idiots. We have the right to express ourselves...