KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 18 -- Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra) has slammed the just-launched Mandarin portal of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), saying it is unconstitutional, and therefore, must be shut down.

Its vice-president Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz said, as a government agency, the MACC is required to use the national language for all official matters as stipulated in Article 152 of the Federal Constitution that is read together with Section 2 of the National Language Act 1963/67.

In the same statement issued this evening, he added that introducing an official portal in a language other than Bahasa Melayu is unconstitutional and contrary to government policy.

"This move means the Chinese will fail to see w...