Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian has denied issuing a circular forcing non-Malay local councillors to attend an "official letter-writing workshop" today, which had been going viral on social media.

The circular, dated Sept 26, was purported to have been sent following the rebuke by Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar after a local councillor was alleged to have sent an official letter in Chinese and English...