Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
(2011)
Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in.
New Sunday Times.
Abstract
THE Interlok saga which hogged headlines for weeks has been resolved. The novel by Datuk Abdullah Hussain will be retained as a literature component of Bahasa Malaysia for fifth-formers in schools.
However, sections deemed sensitive to the Indian community will be amended.
That members of the Cabinet are involved in offering a solution to the quandary is rather unusual, since the issue is academic-cum-literary in nature.
The last time the Cabinet was in this predicament was when a similar incident flared up, which led to it acting as an editorial board of sorts, directing a group of academics on how to write a book about race relations in Malaysia.
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