KUALA LUMPUR: The novel “Interlok” will remain as the textbook for the literature component of the Bahasa Malaysia subject for Form Five but with amendments to several aspects deemed sensitive by the Indian community, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said an independent panel would be set up to study the types of amendments and would submit recommendations to the government.
“The decision to continue using the novel, with amendments so as not to hurt the feelings of the Indian community, is the best solution,” Muhyiddin said in a statement.
All eyes will now be on MIC president G Palanivel who had previously maintained an inflexible stand that the book be withdrawn.
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