KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Education Ministry has summoned five teachers who allegedly criticised the government on a shared stage with Opposition politicians recently.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the teachers were issued show-cause letters to explain their purportedly overly-critical remarks against the government, adding that disciplinary action may be taken.
“I do not want to be too stern and rather take the approach of advising for now,” he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
Mahdzir also told national newspaper New Straits Times separately today that the government had no issue with constructive criticism from teachers, but that they must use “proper channels” to voice them.
He was reported adding that one of the five held a senior position in an unnamed Opposition party, and that the ministry would only dismiss the teachers as a last resort.
