Small or big, it’s still a raging storm


Under fire: Maszlee

IS the Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik’s recent controversial remark a storm in a teacup? Or, as a DAP politician stated, a storm raging and dividing Pakatan Harapan?

The Education Minister, during a question-and-answer session at Universiti Sains Malaysia on May 16, said if Malaysians do not want the quota system, then job opportunities should not be denied to bumiputras. Maszlee claimed that some companies required job applicants to know Mandarin.

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