PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim has rejected Malaysia's proposal to make the Malay language, or Bahasa Melayu, as the second official language of the Asean bloc.
He said that Bahasa Indonesia is a better option to be used as the main language for Asean, as it is the most used language in South-East Asia, with its usage spread across more than 47 countries.
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