Prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor said she felt ashamed of the younger generation who do not respect the national anthem Negaraku.

"I often see our younger generation do not care or continue to chat when the Negaraku is played without any sense of shame while most others stand up straight in respect of the national anthem.

"We cannot expect foreigners to respect our flag if we do not respect the Negaraku and our own flag," Rosmah said in her speech at the closing of the Malaysia Dihatiku programme in Kuala Lumpur last night.