MCA has always been unwavering in defending vernacular education, says Dr Wee


PETALING JAYA: Previous MCA leaders who helped draft the Federal Constitution with other coalition members had included Article 152 to protect vernacular school education, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic).

"The foresight of our predecessors has become all the more precious and important in today's situation," the MCA president said after the Court of Appeal ruled that vernacular schools were constitutional and protected by Article 152 of the Federal Constitution.

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