00:00Former Task Force Chairman Erdin Kuo has defended his remarks about ex-Deputy Education Minister Tio Nhi Ching,
00:07stressing they were not a tantrum or a tirade, but an attempt to highlight how politicised the debate over recognising the Unified Examination Certificate has become.
00:18Kuo, who led the task force formed by the Pakatan Harapan Government in 2019,
00:22had earlier claimed in a podcast that the issue continues to be politicised because of people like Tio, whom he described as provocateurs.
00:31He accused Tio of stoking flames by making one statement to the Chinese press and another to the Malay media, calling her exploitative and manipulative.
00:42Tio later rejected Kuo's accusation as baseless, saying she had never hidden her advocacy for the UEC recognition or tailored my principles to suit the room.
00:52She repeated her belief that the UEC was good for Malaysia and that it would bolster the education ecosystem and support talent development without tarnishing national identity.
01:03Kuo, however, said he had evidence to support his claims, having confronted Tio in text messages dating back to 2020.
01:12I Nujaria, FMT.
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