Kedah MB defends use of Jawi on signboards


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008

ALOR STAR: Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak has sternly defended the use of Jawi on signboards following claims that the PAS-led state government was trying to create an Islamic state ambience.

No one should dispute the use of Jawi because it is also acknowledged as the national language, he said.

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