Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was asked to reopen the Ivy League and Setara scholarship programme to assist Public Service Department (JPA) scholars, whose bursaries were abolished early this year during the recalibration of Budget 2016.

Justine Jason Barnabas, 20, claimed he had presented a counter-proposal during a 10-minute session with Najib, held at the Prime Minister Office on June 2.