Upholding Jawi akin to upholding definition of Malays in Constitution, says PM


KUALA LUMPUR: Reviving Jawi and upholding Malay virtues are in line with keeping to the definition of who the Malays are in the Federal Constitution, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

As Article 160(2) of the Federal constitution states that "a Malay" is one who is Muslim, speaks Malay and practises the Malay customs and traditions, it is high time the Malays revived Jawi writing which has aesthetic values as well, he added.

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