PUTRAJAYA: The e-Sepakat system, a mechanism for managing unity issues and monitoring grassroots-level unity concerns, will be expanded to the public this year to facilitate reporting, says National Unity Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang.
“Although the e-Sepakat system is currently managed by district unity officers this year, we will open up access to the public so that we can standardise the information, which will be managed by the National Unity Ministry,” he said.
Speaking at a ceremony to deliver his New Year message, Aaron said 231 cases were recorded last year through the system under the National Unity and Integration Department.
Of the figure, 103 cases were related to religious issues, 89 involved hate speech and 39 were racial issues, he said.
Aaron said the ministry is working closely with the Communications Ministry, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, the police and the National Security Council to tackle unity-related cases.
“The National Unity Ministry will continue to focus on implementing key programmes in hotspot areas, managing unity issues and conducting harmony-based programmes,” he said, Bernama reported.
The ministry organised 730 programmes last year, featuring 300 high-impact initiatives.
These initiatives were part of the Semarak Kenegaraan (nationalism spirit), Semarak Perpaduan (unity spirit) and Komuniti Rahmah (compassionate community) clusters.
“This success is not the work of one individual, but the result of close collaboration and team spirit at every level of the organisation,” he said.
