The decision of a Chinese Malaysian mother, Zhu Er Chan, to send her son to a PAS-owned pre-school (Pasti) is not unusual, as the school has received such students before.

A teacher at Pasti Nur Iman 3 in Cha’ah, Norjamiah Ayob, said they were open to receiving three-year-old Low Zi Kang - or Kang Kang - to be cared for there.

The 40-year-old teacher said that from the start, all the teachers involved welcomed...