KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police offi­cers are encouraged to learn Mandarin due to the increasing importance of the Chinese language, according to Sin Chew Daily. Plans are underway for the officers to learn the language, said Royal Malaysian Police College of Kuala Lumpur commandant Deputy Comm Datuk Yong Lei Choo (pic) in an interview with the daily. She said the plans included setting up a language centre to offer courses on Chinese and other languages. At the moment, she said the college has a two-week course on Mandarin for non-Chinese officers to learn simple conversational phrases, such as greetings. DCP Yong, who is the 10th commandant of the college, is the first Chinese female officer to head the institution.

Source: The Star December 25, 2017 00:00 UTC