(23/8) Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) urged to look into discrimination against mother tongue schools in the country. Senior Executive of LLG Cultural Development Centre Ng Yap Hwa said that the best way to preserve one's culture and ensure people's cultural rights is through implementation of mother tongue education, this has been supported by UNESCO.
But in Malaysia, on the one hand, the government tells the world that we are a multi-ethnic and multi cultures country, on the other hand there is often discrimination against mother tongue schools. The government doesn't provide equal allocation to Chinese and Tamil schools, it is so diffucult to build a new mother tongue schools, the government also does not promote indigenous people's language.
He was speaking at the 'Economic, Sosial and Cultural Rights' meeting held by newly appointed Suhakam commissioner cum chairperson to the economic, sosial and cultural rights working group Mr. James Nayagam.
