Probe paper opened into Teo, confirms home minister

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This follows several reports lodged against the academic in Penang and Kuala Lumpur over his comments on vernacular schools.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/11/investigation-paper-opened-into-teo-confirms-home-minister/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #TeoKokSeong #SaifuddinNasution

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00:00 An investigation paper has been opened into academic Teo Kok Siong.

00:07 This comes after Teo allegedly criticised vernacular schools in a report by a news portal.

00:13 The senior fellow of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Ethnic Studies Institute allegedly

00:18 said that the Chinese community thought lowly of the Malays and that vernacular schools

00:23 were one obstacle in the way of national unity.

00:27 Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Teo is being investigated under Section 505

00:33 of the Penal Code for public mischief and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia

00:38 Act 1998 for improper use of network facilities.

00:44 He called for an end to the debate on vernacular schools in Parliament, citing a recent federal

00:48 court decision on the matter.

00:51 In November, the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that it is constitutional for vernacular

00:56 schools to use Mandarin or Tamil as their medium of instruction.

01:01 The federal court then dismissed a leave application by two Malay-Muslim interest groups to set

01:06 aside the Court of Appeal's ruling.

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