00:00 An investigation paper has been opened into academic Teo Kok Siong.
00:07 This comes after Teo allegedly criticised vernacular schools in a report by a news portal.
00:13 The senior fellow of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Ethnic Studies Institute allegedly
00:18 said that the Chinese community thought lowly of the Malays and that vernacular schools
00:23 were one obstacle in the way of national unity.
00:27 Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Teo is being investigated under Section 505
00:33 of the Penal Code for public mischief and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia
00:38 Act 1998 for improper use of network facilities.
00:44 He called for an end to the debate on vernacular schools in Parliament, citing a recent federal
00:48 court decision on the matter.
00:51 In November, the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that it is constitutional for vernacular
00:56 schools to use Mandarin or Tamil as their medium of instruction.
01:01 The federal court then dismissed a leave application by two Malay-Muslim interest groups to set
01:06 aside the Court of Appeal's ruling.
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