Call to overhaul national service


Many issues: The national service programme was plagued with problems since its inception in 2004.

PETALING JAYA: If the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) is to be revived, the defunct model cannot be brought back and its programme must be re-evaluated, say stakeholders.

National Patriots Association president Brig-Jen (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji said reviving PLKN under its present form was a waste of “effort, money and time”.

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