Malaysia – A local Malay language expert Professor Emeritus Datuk Asmah Omar said that the term Bahasa Melayu cannot be replaced with Bahasa Malaysia. According to Berita Harian, a Malay grammarian informed the International Symposium on Bahasa Melayu that altering the language’s name would completely erase its past. “The name of a language is significant because it contains information about …

Malaysia – Sarawak has the choice of using either English or Bahasa Melayu in official occasions. Thus, language preference is irrelevant, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. According to a press release published recently in Kuala Lumpur, the Santubong MP highlighted that Sarawak has the option of using either …