KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 -- PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has denied that his party rejects the existence of vernacular schools in Malaysia amid an increasingly polarising fight for the Kuala Kubu Baru state seat in Selangor.

Instead, he said it was the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition that turned it into an issue during the by-election campaign, Mingguan Malaysia reported today.

"To us, vernacular schools are not an issue, but the issue we mentioned was how the PH candidate did not receive her primary or secondary education in Kuala Kubu Baru, as compared to our candidate from PN," he was quoted as telling reporters after the Opposition Perikatan Nasional (PN) ceramah in Kuala Kubu Baru last night.

Ahmad Fadhli was referri...