PUTRAJAYA, Nov 23 — Vernacular schools in Malaysia are constitutional, a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal said in a unanimous ruling today.
The judges said that the Federal Constitution protects the use of Tamil and Chinese in these schools despite the Malay language being the country’s official language.
“We have concluded that not only are the establishment and maintenance of national type schools not inconsistent with Article 152(1) but also that the use of Tamil and Chinese in such schools are subject to protection accorded under Article 152(1)(b),” Datuk Azizul Azmi Adnan said in delivering the decision.
The Bench was chaired by Datuk Supang Lian with Datuk M. Gunalan making up the third judge.
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