A billionaire trying to get off Canada’s Russia sanctions list denounced Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine war in a private statement to the government but it didn’t work, Global News has learned. Igor Makarov, an oil and gas magnate whose assets were frozen by Ottawa in 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine, condemned … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court has decided that the vernacular schools are constitutional and everyone should respect that decision and move on. Anyone who wants to continue disputing the issue should only do so through proper channels, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. “Whenever a court makes a decision, we should respect it. … Read more
Malaysia’s Federal Court has ruled that vernacular schools are constitutional in a majority two-one decision, dismissing the appeal of two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which sought to declare that the use of Chinese and Tamil languages as the medium of instruction in vernacular schools goes against the Federal Constitution. A three-member Federal Court bench chaired by … Read more
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court’s rule of throwing out leave by two groups’ appeal to declare vernacular schools unconstitutional is the final victory for such schools, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA president said the Apex Court’s decision ended the entire case. “The issue challenging the existence and constitutional right of vernacular … Read more
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has ruled that vernacular schools are constitutional in a majority two-one decision, dismissing the appeal of two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which sought to declare that the use of Chinese and Tamil languages as the medium of instruction in vernacular schools goes against the Federal Constitution. A three-member Federal Court bench … Read more
