Perkasa: Chinese demands for equal treatment of vernacular schools seditious
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Vernacular schools cannot be treated equally with national schools, claims Perkasa, as it “contravenes” the Federal Constitution.
The Malay rights group said today that such a demand was seditious, adding that national schools still needed to be given priority as they promoted the national language Bahasa Malaysia, unlike vernacular schools.
“The demand made by Chinese groups that vernacular schools be accorded the same treatment as national schools is against Article 152(2) of the Federal Constitution, and they can be charged with sedition,” said Perkasa Wiranita chief Datin Paduka Norkhaila Jamaludin.
Her remarks were aimed at a Sun daily report today that more than 80 Chinese NGOs turned up for the launch of the “Justice for Lim Lian Geok” campaign on Sunday.
The campaign, held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the revocation of the citizenship of Lim, a revered Chinese educationist, aims to petition the government to restore his citizenship, and give equal and fair treatment to all schools that use different mediums of instruction.
