He stressed that Malaysians should be more scientific, innovative and modern as opposed to believing in superstition.

“We need to become a scientific society and not a superstitious one. We want our youth to produce something new, and not things like the anti-hysteria kit,” Khairy said after officiating the “Program Jom Belajar Koding (JBK)” in Kuala Lumpur today.

Khairy, who is also Youth and Sports Minister, pointed out that the anti-hysteria kit showed that there was still a small part of society who were too focused on “superstitious nonsense”.

“We need to focus on modern scientific development instead,” he said.

It was previously reported that Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) had launched an anti-hysteria kit on April 30 to treat hysteria attacks that had been occurring recently in boarding schools in Kelantan.

The Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) also criticised the kit, saying that the kit showed Malaysian Muslims were still unable to tell the difference between superstition and science.

Despite the criticism, UMP defended the kit, claiming that it was based on scientific research and has a proven track record in over 50 test cases, according to The Malay Mail Online.