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An open letter to the Honourable Prime Minister.

Dear Mr. Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi,

I am sure that in the spirit of collective decision making, you are aware that your Home Minister/Home Ministry staff has breached a basic constitutional right, indeed a basic human right of all Malaysians, to communicate in the Malaysian Language, Bahasa Malaysia (aka Bahasa Melayu) when he/they forbade the publishers of the Catholic Newsletter, The Herald, from publishing the Malaysian Language section. I cannot understand how a National Leader can forbid his fellow countryman from communicating in the National Language. The constitution states that the Malay language shall be the national language and no citizens of Malaysia can be prevented from using the language. Therefore, the action of the Home Minister/Home Ministry is ultra-vires the Supreme Law of the Land, the Malaysian Constitution that gives legitimacy to this Government. I hope you will do something about this before the sin rubs onto you. You are responsible by virtue of your position as the Head of Government. Do not make yourself accountable by failure to take corrective action which will imply your support for this unconstitutional act of the Home Minister/Home Ministry.

"Gunakanlah Bahasa Kebangsaan Kita"

A loyal Malaysian's Third Angle Projection