The names Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Malaysia have been used interchangeably, but some argue that one of them isn’t right.

KUALA LUMPUR — Reports of Malaysian students with poor English and graduates unable to land jobs due to poor speaking skills in the language are by now familiar.

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malay had a place as the language of knowledge and it should not be sacrificed amid efforts to empower the English language. In defending Putrajaya's decision to revert ...