Ethnic Indians in Malaysia angry over caste reference in text book...

Malaysia's largest Indian party has called for a textbook to be withdrawn from the curriculum over a reference to the caste system, a report said Monday, in a case highlighting the country's strained race relations.

The Malay-language book "Interlok", is from this year to become compulsory reading for high school students, but the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) said it contained a chapter which was offensive to the ethnic group.

Written by a national laureate, the book covers the history of integration of Malaysia's three main races -- Malays, Chinese and Indians -- from the 1900s until independence in 1957. More...

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