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Monday 30 November 2009

Under pressure, Cabinet to overhaul BTN

BTN will be revamped, says Nazri. — file pic

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid - The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz announced today that the Cabinet has agreed to revamp the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) following rising pressure to shut down the programme, which has been called a tool to spread racist propaganda.

The Minister in the Prime Minister Department disclosed that the Chief Secretary to the Government has been instructed to oversee BTN’s revamp

Nazri, speaking to reporters in Parliament lobby, said the recent Cabinet meeting saw it necessary to do away with BTN co-curriculum which government leaders, including the prime minister, saw was racially divisive and destructive.

“We agree to revamp BTN because the co-curriculum is against Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1 Malaysia concept,” said Nazri.

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