Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir giving a press conference after chairing a PPBM Supreme Council meeting at Menara Yayasan Selangor on May 28, 2018. — Picture by Azinuddin Ghazali

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said his administration will review calls to close down the National Civics Bureau (BTN) and other bodies that are supposedly aligned to Barisan Nasional.

He said many agencies like BTN were formed not to support the government’s cause, but to solely championed Barisan Nasional’s agendas.

“All of these agencies (including BTN) will be reviewed to see if we should retain or dissolve them.

“Many of these bodies are formed to support the cause of Barisan Nasional, but the government is the one that paid their salaries,” he told a news conference.

There have been calls for BTN to be scrapped from Pakatan Harapan MPs Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman who described BTN as “racist” and “politically-motivated”.

Both men claimed BTN programmes were organised to incite Malay attendees against different races and faiths.