PETALING JAYA: A Bersatu leader has urged the education ministry to explain the “stern action” taken against one of its officers after the latter banned two traditional Tamil songs from being performed at a carnival in Penang last week.

BETONG: Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah today praised Chinese schools in Sri Aman and Betong Divisions as examples of ideal places sowing the seeds of racial unity and harmony among the Chinese and Bumiputera students.