‘Set up panel to review and correct history textbooks’

Kuala Lumpur: The Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong) called on the Government to set up an independent committee consisting of historians of various races to conduct a thorough review of the latest edition of secondary school history textbooks and to make necessary corrections.

Its President Tan Sri TC Goh (pic) said this is necessary to ensure the said history textbooks are accurate and unbiased, and in the true context of a multiracial and multicultural Malaysia.

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