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High Court rules vernacular schools are constitutional
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today ruled that the existence and establishment of vernacular schools and the use of Chinese and Tamil languages in schools are constitutional.
Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali (above) ruled that vernacular schools are not a public authority and the use of a non-Malay medium of instruction for teaching in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools is not for an official purpose and thus, did not infringe Article 152 (1) of the Federal Constitution...
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