Appellate court sets Nov 23 for vernacular school decision

The Court of Appeal today fixed Nov 23 to decide on the appeal by four NGOs including the Islamic Education Development Council (Mappim), over the issue of vernacular schools and the use of Mandarin and Tamil in the schools involved.

Judge Supang Lian set the date after hearing a submission from lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla representing Mappim and...