MCA to defend vernacular schools in court


KUALA LUMPUR: The court’s decision to allow MCA to intervene in a constitutional challenge against the legality of vernacular schools has made it the first Chinese political party to uphold the rights of such schools in a legal process, said party secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon.

MCA, represented by Chong and 13 others, have been allowed by the High Court to intervene in the lawsuit filed by politician Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz.

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