Earlier today, Asyraf urged the education ministry to correct some content in the textbooks that he claimed glorified communists as independence fighters.

He claimed this was intentionally done by PH when in government to “sow the seeds” of the “Malaysian Malaysia” ideology.

Teo said the review of the curriculum and textbooks had started in 2017, involving historians, public university lecturers, history teachers and curriculum officers from the panel of history curriculum experts and history textbooks.

“PH did not involve itself in the review process. We left it to the professionals,” she told FMT.

Asked if she or PH would consider taking legal action against Asyraf over his claims, Teo simply said this would be discussed with PH’s legal advisers.

In a Facebook post, Asyraf said some content of the Form 4 history textbook glorified communists as independence heroes while there was a section that accused Malays of being subordinates to Japanese colonialists.

Describing it as a manipulation of facts, he claimed that it was a discreet effort by PH to convince students that socialism and communism were not all that bad and that they had a role in the fight for Malaya’s independence.

“In a subtle and discreet way, the PH government has made the communists and Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army look like heroes and independence fighters who deserve recognition,” he said.