MCA wants Umno man probed for Sedition over call to abolish SJKC

The call by UMNO Petaling Jaya Utara deputy chairman Mohamed Azli Momheed Saad to debate the abolishment of Chinese primary schools at the coming UMNO AGM is contravenes the Federal Constitution and BN’s spirit of inclusiveness.

Not only has Mohamed Azli challenged the rights of all Malaysians to study their mother-tongue language, but he has also questioned the legitimate rights of the Chinese community to education, and his careless call is liable to create racial tension. As such, I urge the police to investigate Mohamed Azli for sedition.

I wish to remind Mohamad Azil that in October 1978, a Sabah UMNO MP, Mark Koding was charged for sedition for advocating the call to abolish SJKC and SJKT.

It is BN’s policy to defend the rights of all Malaysians to learn their mother-tongue language, and this policy was in place ever since our nation’s independence. Even in the previous General Election, the BN government had pledged to continue funding for the construction of national-type schools, and if Mohamad Azil disagrees with this, he is very much welcomed to leave BN.

The rights of all races to teach and learn their mother-tongue language cannot be denied, and national-type primary schools are a part and parcel of our nation’s mainstream education and cannot be denied.

Datuk Ti Lian Ker

MCA Religious Harmony Bureau Chairman

MCA Central Committee member