Inner details of BTN reveal past transgressions

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal , The Malaysian Insider

Pakatan Rakyat continued their assault tonight against the controversial BTN, with several members relating their experiences and views on the details of the course at an opposition sponsored forum at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

Suhaizan Kaiat (picture), a PAS member, revealed that PAS Youth had actually pushed for a revamp of BTN as early as 2006, as there were doubts about aspects of the program which did not “gel together.”

“Back in 2006,PAS Youth sent out a memo to BTN..but no one responded to us then, because we were only a political party and at the time the opposition was not so strong,” said Suhaizan.

He explained how the course modules within the racially-divisive programme were confusing, as the content varied based on interactions with different audience groups.

“The content followed the audience. If it was a ‘mixed’ audience, they would be talking about national unity. On the other hand if the majority of the crowd was only one race, lets say Malay, they will change their propaganda and be racist in their teachings,” said the PAS man, who also noted how some of the trainers were uncomfortable with interacting with non-Malays.

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