(FMT) – PAS says it is open to having a dialogue with Chinese education groups over their resistance to the teaching of Jawi in vernacular schools, in what is seen as a break from the more aggressive stand taken by government leaders and NGOs.

The opposition Islamist party also said it has gathered its senior leaders to address the issue under a special “PAS-MCA Friendship Committee”, signalling closer ties between the two former rivals following the PAS-Umno charter in September.