2. Judge Mohd Nazlan said the Constitution clearly protected teaching in mother tongues other than Bahasa Malaysia.

“These schools are not public authorities as defined in the Federal Constitution to use Malay as the medium of instruction,” he explained.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) December 29, 2021

4. The suit was initiated by the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, the Islamic Education Development Council and the Confederation of Malaysian Writers Association in December 2019.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) December 29, 2021

6. They also wanted the court to declare that vernacular schools were in violation of Articles 5 (right to a dignified life), 8 (Equality), 10 (Freedom of speech, assembly and association), 11 (Freedom in religion), and 12 (Rights in respect of education) of the Constitution.

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) December 29, 2021

Court rules vernacular schools constitutionally protected, throws out Malay-Muslim group’s suit https://t.co/U5Vk88dmUC

— Malay Mail (@malaymail) December 29, 2021