UPDATED 3.58PM | Zahid responds to Muhyiddin's suggestion of an umbrella body for bumiputera NGOs.

Chairperson insists that Chinese schools continue raising funds the same old way.

Teo's statement on Chinese schools undermines unity, says Dong Zong president.

Each school will receive RM300,000, says Loke.

Her deputy concedes the ministry has erred in its data collection.

Govt is depriving a sector of M'sian population of their human right.

I’m no longer in the govt my dear, says the former minister.

This is over the RM15m for 63 Chinese independent schools.

The schools are facing financial uncertainties due to Covid-19.

Dong Zong invites the public to share stories of multiculturalism or cross-cultural experiences in Covid-19 times.

This is confirmed by Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

The educationist group launches a Malaysia Day essay writing competition.

It wants all parties to have a rational dialogue on the matter from an educational perspective.

CORONAVIRUS | They say Nadila Rahmat's demise is a great loss to society and the nation.

Two more people sought by police over permitless rally on Jan 1.

YOURSAY | 'They don't oppose the Jawi script but want consultation on the implementation.'

COMMENT | Dong Zong would never be caught sanctioning questions like what UniMAP did on Zakir Naik.

It is not about a single person taking a 100 steps forward, says the group.

YOURSAY | 'It is just like the police arresting the victim of a crime instead of the criminal itself.'

Group wants school boards freedom to decide on Jawi script implementation.

Khairul Nadzir Helmi Azhar says DAP and MCA are using the Jawi issue as a political tool to garner Chinese votes.

Its sec-gen says peaceful assembly is an important right, and his group is willing to engage those who are calling for Dong Zong to be banned.

LETTER | To the police, the PM's message was that the congress should not be allowed to go on.

Police should have managed the situation as they have done in the past, says Bar president Abdul Fareed.

The group wants defend Jawi and ban Dong Zong, but police say the rally contravenes the Peaceful Assembly Act.

COMMENT | When people act like a bully and resort to threats of violence, it results in lawlessness.

It says Dong Zong's congress and the protesters should have been allowed to exercise their freedom of speech and assembly.

COMMENT | Cops incapable of judging character and 'risk' posed by peaceful assemblies.

LETTER | Troublemakers not breaking any law by threatening to create chaos if the Dong Zong meeting went on?

We want the Education Ministry to conduct a dialogue with Chinese educationist groups soon, says its president Tan Tai Kim.