Academics may not be best choice, leaders tell Maszlee

Some politicians have shot down the suggestion by former education minister Maszlee Malik that academics should be appointed to the cabinet posts of education and higher education ministers after the 16th general election.

Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi, in a Facebook post today, said academics may not be the best choice to lead those ministries.

“If someone is an academic but has...