00:00Former Health Minister Khairi Jamaluddin has criticized the ongoing debate over whether
00:08university technology MARA should open admissions to non-Bhumiputras.
00:13Khairi said the debate had grown from a short-term exemption request to meet the need for specialists,
00:18to talks about opening the university to non-Bhumiputras in general, and whether it must be referred
00:23to the Council of Rulers because it is related to Article 153 of the federal constitution.
00:29We didn't even discuss the issue of opening UITM to non-Bhumiputras.
00:34This is an issue for us to solve the current trainees who will not be registered as experts
00:43because of the issue of parallel pathways.
00:45You have to be serious people.
00:48Don't be the stupid people mentioned by the PM earlier.
00:53The issue is that we want to ensure that they can be registered.
00:59Previously, the Malaysian Medical Association had called for UITM to prioritize public health
01:04by temporarily opening its cardiothoracic surgery program to non-Bhumiputras amid a
01:09shortage of specialists.
01:11In response, UITM's student council launched a protest but subsequently apologized for
01:16causing a misunderstanding.
01:18Khairi also urged the government to address the issue quickly.
01:21The Minister of Health, the Minister of Higher Education, must settle this issue.
01:26And also the Chairperson of the Ministry of Health.
01:29The Minister of Health is the president of the Malaysian Medical Association who raised
01:34this issue by saying that he does not recognize it.
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