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'Pariah' dropped from Interlok, says Muhyiddin
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The word ' pariah ' has been dropped from the secondary school Malay literature textbook ' Interlok ', Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.

He said the word, which sparked a firestorm of protests from the Indian community, is among several references deemed offensive to Indians which have been omitted from the version used in schools.

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