So If Your BM Sucks, You're Not Worthy To Be Malaysian?
"BM anda boleh tahan tak?" We hope so.
By Sadho Ram — 20 Nov 2014, 04:25 PM — Updated over 9 years ago
BN Jorak assemblyman Datuk Dr. Shahruddin Salleh has caused quite a stir in the Johor state assembly with his aggressive suggestion that students who fail to learn Bahasa Malaysia (BM) should be stripped of their citizenship, The Star reported
According to the Johor representative, many students are not able to learn BM and this is even prevalent among the Malays
“Even my own neighbour whose father and mother are Malays but because their child goes to international school, the child is unable to converse in Malay,” he said adding that the situation was prevalent in the vernacular schools.
thestar.com.mySalleh rued that students are now more interested in learning English - an official language of almost 60 sovereign states including Malaysia, and do not take the learning of Malay seriously
He said the use of the Mandarin and Tamil by teachers in vernacular schools was another reason for students being weak in Malay, adding that the teachers were also not well-versed in Malay.
thestar.com.myHe, however, was interrupted by Tan Hong Pin (DAP-Mengkibol) who cited the standing orders but speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Aziz somehow was able to defuse the situation
Later, assemblyman Ali Mazat Salleh (BN-Bukit Batu) suggested that the state government use Jawi in all its government documents statewide
