Govt to continue BTN courses in Selangor – Ahmad

The government will continue organising National Civics Bureau (BTN) courses in Selangor, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Ahmad Maslan said.

This was despite the state government’s decision to bar state civil servants, students of state-owned institutions of higher learning and staff of state government-linked companies from attending such courses, he added.

Ahmad, who is in charge of the BTN, said not all things in Selangor were under the state government’s jurisdiction.

“Federal civil servants, university students, youths and Federal Village Security and Development Committee members will be sent to attend these courses.

“The BTN is not the agency some quarters made it out to be. The BTN is to instil patriotism and has received the ISO 9000 certification from Sirim. It has a well-structured course,” he told reporters after receiving 200 Umno membership application forms here today.

He said that as the deputy minister in charge of the BTN, he would ensure that the courses would go on as they were in line with the 1Malaysia concept and had no racist elements.

Meanwhile, in KUALA LUMPUR, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir described the decision by the Selangor government as inappropriate. He said that the BTN courses were neither politically-motivated nor racially-motivated.

“It is impossible for the government to introduce racial elements in BTN programmes as participants are coming from other races as well,” he told reporters after attending the Aidiladha sacrificial ceremony in Kampung Melayu, Rawang.

Mukhriz said BTN courses were to inculcate positive values and not a political indoctrination as claimed by critics.



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BTN is for other races as well??? Chinese and Indians?? If this is true then it should GO ON. Good for the 1Malaysia slogan (whatever that means). Since so much had been said about BTN being raciat, please publish real data of racial composition attendees for the last 5 years?? And also the Syllabus, and get a 10 Non-Malays graduates to openly talk how good is the BTN.


What brand of patriotism? Patriotism for own race or patriotism for 1Malaysia? Most of the time, the whole UMNO, public servant is out to confuse the public. I remembered the seventies and eighties where there aren't that many graduates, you do not have such ketuanan ideology which plague the country. Look at the country now? It is as if we are living in the same country but 2 systems. So BTN is doing a fantastic job you say? The ministers and UMNO goons are nuts! You will drive the country to utter chaos in years to come.