Malaysia says no to punks in school

Malaysia says no to punks in school

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian students sporting spiky or
dyed hair in the fashion of "punks" will have to adopt a more
conservative hairstyle if they want to stay in school, Education
Minister Najib Abdul Razak said yesterday.

Speaking on the television program Malaysia Today, Najib said
he had ordered officials to investigate punk culture among
students.

He said students with punk hairstyles would not be allowed to
remain in school. His comments followed newspaper articles last
week in the Malay-language newspaper Utusan which described the
growing popularity of the punk culture in Malaysia.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, reacting to the articles last
week, urged Malaysian youths to reject punk fashions and other
"negative Western influences"