PETALING JAYA: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has received flak from politicians and Malaysians alike after he had issued a statement in Chinese – ironically, to defend his use of trilingual statements for certain ministerial matters.
Lawyer Azhar Harun said the Federal Constitution guarantees Malaysians the right to use one’s mother tongue language, but pointed out that the official language of the country is Bahasa Malaysia (BM).
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