Fahmi said the issue was raised at the Cabinet meeting today.

“We decided that the education ministry will answer on this matter. So, please call the education ministry,” he told reporters.

Asked when the ministry would clarify the matter, Fahmi said: “You can contact them.”

Fahmi also directed reporters to get in touch with the education ministry when asked about the Cabinet’s take on the matter and if national-type schools would be allowed to raise funds without obstacles.

“I will leave it to the ministry. They have been told to answer this.”

Yesterday, Berita Harian reported transport minister Loke Siew Fook as saying he would raise the matter at the Cabinet meeting.

Malaysiakini, however, reported Loke as saying that he would advise the Cabinet that the “guideline should be revised”.

“The guideline should not have such restrictions, at least not for Chinese primary schools,” he was quoted as saying.

PAS recently took issue with deputy housing and local government minister Aiman Athirah Sabu for receiving a mock cheque for RM3 million bearing Tiger Beer’s logo at a fundraiser for SJK(C) Tche Min in Sungai Pelek, Selangor.

On Monday, the education ministry said it was probing the incident, and reminded schools to adhere to the existing guidelines, issued in 2018, which prohibit the acceptance of donations generated from activities such as gambling, as well as the sale of tobacco, drugs and alcohol.

Education minister Fadhlina Sidek later said her ministry would not review or grant exemptions for the guidelines on donations given to schools, including for vernacular schools.