Interlok issue: NIAT Chief dares DPM to repeat himself outside Parliament

Interlok issue: NIAT Chief dares DPM to repeat himself outside Parliament 21 Apr

On the issue of Interlok novel, the Chair of National Interlok Action Team (NIAT) today accused the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yasin of misleading the people with his lies as to the status of Interlok as a compulsory literature text book for form five students.

NIAT Chief Thasleem Mohammed Ibrahim told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon that the DPM, who is also the Minister of Education, had said on 28 January that the student edition of the Interlok novel would only be used after the amendments were completed (as reported in Sinar). But on 23 April he had told Parliament that the Cabinet had given its consent to continue to use the book in schools. This is reported in the Hansard, Thasleem added.

“Muhyiddin Yassin was not telling the truth. We want the truth. NIAT challenges him to repeat outside what he had said in Parliament. So that we will be able to take necessary action to find out the truth, including taking him to the court”, Thasleem said.

Thasleem said he would give Muhyiddin Yassin “one week from today to accept the challenge.”