The martial art of silat plays a vital role in ensuring that Malay culture is well-known and continues to spread globally, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

He said silat has also been proven effective as a bridge between the Malay culture and the outside world, as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands of silat exponents from Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Africa.

As such, he said that the long-standing tradition of...