DAP Youth lodged a police report today against an Umno leader for his 'seditious' call on the government to close all Chinese schools in the country.

The report was lodged by the youth wing's acting national secretary Loke Siew Fook (centre in photo) at the Sea Park police station in Petaling Jaya.

Speaking to reporters later, he said Umno Youth education bureau chief Dr Adham Baba should not question the right of Malaysians to vernacular education which is stipulated in the Federal Constitution.

Loke cited a court case in 1971 where Malay daily Utusan Melayu was found guilty of sedition for carrying a report headlined 'Abolish Chinese and Tamil schools in the country'.

He said in view of this, the Umno leader's statement had also violated the Sedition Act.