Bersatu Youth has doubled down on its position for vernacular schools to be abolished in phases.

Bersatu Youth information chief Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir said this after Bukti Mertajam MP Steven Sim questioned in the Dewan Rakyat if Deputy National Unity Minister Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal still stood by his previous position to abolish vernacular schools.

This prompted Wan Ahmad Fayshal to stress that he had only sought for the Malay language to be strengthened in vernacular schools, maintaining that he was...