PETALING JAYA: MCA has reiterated its stand on Article 12(4) of the Federal Constitution, that it should be read as “ibu bapa” (parents) and not “ibu atau bapa” (mother or father), in determining a minor’s religion.
The party’s Religious Harmony Bureau chairman Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said it was urgent to determine how “ibu bapa” in the plural form was reprinted and reinterpreted to be “ibu atau bapa” without any lawmaker’s and the Senate’s notice.
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