Malaysians sign online petition calling for Dr M to become Education Minister

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PETALING JAYA: Shortly after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had backed down from his declared intention to be the new Education Minister, Malaysians started an online petition calling him to take up the portfolio.

The petition at change.org - which was started by Raveen Dev on Friday (May 18) - and addressed to Pakatan Harapan, has since received over 52,000 signatures at the time of writing.