Indonesian minister rejects proposal for BM as second official language for Asean

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PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim has rejected Malaysia's proposal to make the Malay language, or Bahasa Melayu, as the second official language of the Asean bloc.

He said that Bahasa Indonesia is a better option to be used as the main language for Asean, as it is the most used language in South-East Asia, with its usage spread across more than 47 countries.

He added that Bahasa Indonesia was widely taught in many university campuses, including in Europe, the United States, Australia and several Asian countries. Nadiem was also quoted as saying that his ministry was tasked to expand, promote, and protect the Indonesian language and literature, as well as to improve its function as an international language.

"As the Education and Culture Minister, I reject that proposal, but since there is an intention by our neighbour to make Bahasa Malaysia as one of the official languages, surely it needs to be reviewed and debated further," he said Monday .

 

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Indonesia will reject everything that Malaysia proposed for ASEAN. Indon continues to have hung ups against Malaysia. It's just that ego thing that continues to inflict Indon. No cure.

Ke nak mengelat tak nak cakap orang putih ?

There are more than 300 million who speak the Indonesian Language. Let it be, as long we are peaceful, and Brunei, Singapore, Southern Thai can enjoy Indonesian Sinetron Drama 😁

Why should BM become second language of ASEAN when Bahasa Indonesia even have a larger following?

It took them long enough.

jaga bende basic dulu . example make sure tiada sukan lompat parti dan mungkin nanti boleh cakap pasal buat bende lain.

And meanwhile.. the rasa sayang song is origin from..

Better for both countries to focus on people's welfare first, before talking about languages. Ensure people (ALL) have food, shelter, clothes, education, then you all can talk about languages.

Even a simple English grammar hard to pronounce, how now..

Stupid PM. Indonesia has long known that Umno only wants to promote Malay Supremacy over other races. Thats why Indonesia has no such things as Ketuanan. They dont even speak the langguage of the majority

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I though our PM went to Indonesia already kautim with their PM? Oh well, he can try harder next time 🙃

Oh wow .. like, who would have expected this outcome?! Shock. Horror. . . . .. anyway .. mlm ni makan apa?

The turtle egg PM is just making a laughing stock of himself in the international arena.

Their justification is stronger for sure. But is this the priority for ASEAN just to hide someone’s weakness? We have other major issues to tackle.

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