Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching has strongly defended her longstanding advocacy for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) recognition, dismissing allegations that she speaks differently to different communities or acts as a "provocateur" on the issue.

Teo took to Facebook today to respond to former UEC task force chairperson Eddin Khoo, who launched a scathing critique against her in a podcast show last week, accusing the DAP vice-chairperson of deliberately politicising the UEC issue for narrow political gains.

The cultural historian and writer, who chaired the task force from 2018 to 2020, painted the DAP politician as...