Judge Nazlan to hear dispute over vernacular schools

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KUALA LUMPUR: Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who convicted former prime minsiter Najib Razak on seven counts of corruption last year, will now hear a suit filed by two organisations to challenge the existence of vernacular schools.

Nazlan who was in High Court (Criminal 3) has been moved to the civil division from March 1 and will take over hearing of the suit from Judge Wong Chee Lin who has since resigned.

In a virtual hearing today, Nazlan instructed the Association of Peninsular Malaysia Students and the Islamic Educational Development Council to amend the heading of the suit by March 15 to reflect that 13 parties are defendants in the action.

Lawyer Keshwinjit Singh, who represented the Malaysian Chinese Language Council, Malaysia Tamil Neri Kalagam and Gabungan Persatuan Pelajar Tamil Malaysia, said the judge also directed his clients and 10 other defendants to file their defence by April 15.

Suhakam and the Malaysian Bar are holding a watching brief. “He has fixed the next case management on April 27 at 4pm,” Keshwinjit told FMT.


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