Shahrin said the decision that all signboards be in two languages aside from Jawi was made in a local government committee meeting on Jan 13, 2017.

“This is under the jurisdiction of Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah,” he told FMT.

He added that all Chinese language signboards had been taken down and replaced with new ones.

Ean Yong is in charge of the local government, new village development and illegal factory task force portfolio.

When contacted, he declined to comment on the issue.

The decree by Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah that all signboards in Shah Alam with Chinese writing be removed and replaced with signs in Malay was relayed by his private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani in a letter to the Selangor government dated Nov 19.

“The sultan has decreed that all road signs which are written in the Chinese language must be removed and replaced with signs in a single language, which is the Malay language.

“The change must be done immediately and should be completed before the Selangor Sultan’s 73rd birthday on Dec 1,” the letter said.