2330: Freed! The students have now been released. “The campus authorities probably realised that they would have as much difficulty in trying to justify the action against students for distributing leaflets as the cops did when they tried to detain under-age cyclists,” says one political observer.
2300: Three USM students were detained at 9.15pm while they were distributing leaflets in the campus. The three were bundled into a van apparently without any explanation and taken to the campus’ security department.
The leaflets provided an introduction to the “Pro-Mahasiswa” group and a bit of publicity about the group’s appointment to meet the USM Deputy Vice-Chancellor tomorrow. The students are believed to be preparing for campus elections expected to be held soon and are seeking free and fair campus elections.
Bundling students into a van? Is this the way an “apex university” handles students’ affairs? Do they think they can rise up the THES global rankings this way?
The three students held are:
- Yap Heng Lung
- Ch’ng Hui Yang
- Chew Kai Sheng
Some 50-70 students are now keeping vigil outside the security deparment now (Phone: 04-657 3970 and 653 4333)
this students must be allowed to practice peaceful democracy in campus. why detain them? why?
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that is why i say this country is really full of rubbish .
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unlawful detention. this cannot be allowed!
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this is criminal. it’s illegal.
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well, early this day…when i was goin for my class as usual, there were 4-5 students from the Pro-Mahasiswa distributing leaflets n explaining their stand on certain issues…there is no problem or any action taken by the faculty or the security guard…
my faculty is faculty of law university of malaya..i would want to say much but i think lot more faculties and security guards should give a free ride for students to express their stands. thank god they’ve been released.
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Those running the university will be cursed in the future for allowing such thing to happen.
“apex university” my foot when it is manage by morons.
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yeah i agree, USM is managed by morons, and i mean those students were a peaceful lot and not demonstrating violently with tumpahan darah thus why detain them.
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The authorities wants to rule by fear.
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I think another aspect that need to be looked into is the seeminly unlimited powers that the uni security people seems to enjoy. They have far more powers than the police and they are not subjected to any law. They behave like some secret police. I had some run-ins with the uni security folks too in my student days though it must be said that not all of them behave in a thuggish manner.
BTW, don’t hold out too much hope for the local uni students’ political maturity. Most of them lack original thinking and blindly look at the existing political parties for their inspiration.
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Apex university my a..
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As long as egg heads is managing all of our universities, we will never go anywhere.
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How can USM be an APEX university? … All they want is tame mice.
How can we develop future leaders? Tame mice will become tame politicians like those in Gerakan, MCA and MIC.
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The students should not be detained for distributing flyers but students should obey and respect the rules present. As everyone need to be repected. The way the secruirity guards handle the case may be wrong.
Why campus election has to compare with the politician? the pro-university and the pro-student groups should not ever touch on agenda negara while agenda university has not been settle! what is the point of talking on the agenda negara?! We students are not politicians! stop talking issue like a politician! For both groups leaders, please bear in mind that, take care of the student agenda first! and stop bulls*** on other stuffs.
We student contest to serve the student and not talk on those rubbish country democracy! General election has their on rules, so as campus election. Fair or not fair is which aspect you look into! supporter for both groups will never use their mind to think on the good way of the opposite group. Just comment and condemn!
Why not work hand in hand to provide better service for students? I never heard a word of praise for the opposite group by the pro-university or pro-student, even though the program or effort they did, was proven to be benificial for students! only know how to condemn!!
Universities students are fooled and blinded by the outside politicians! DAP, BN, PKR, PAS all are bulls***ing.
If universities students, pro-university or pro-student really wanna be a great leader which can lead malaysia in future should think of a great vision and not following the footpath of those idiot and useless political parties that in present!
We university student should revamp the old political parties! and let new political perties with new agenda and visions to lead malaysia!
Both groups are fighting, it will not benefit the student infact the victim will be students. If Pro-university wins or pro-students win, only a minority gets teh benefits. The leaders of both groups are an idiot and got brains and does wanna think.
Really SHAME.
USM can be an APEX Uni must the their own strenght and capability. In Malaysia there is no university is 100% perfect, UM good to no where also bcoz it has its own weaknesses as well. So please dont judge ppl by physical appearance! before you really analyse that it doesn’t deserve the status! if people judge you by your physical appearance, how you would you feel?! those who have brains pls think. THINK of KARMA!!
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Firstly, I can barely understand what was written.
Secondly, “country democracy is rubbish”?
Thirdly, according to the post, all current political parties are useless, run by idiots.
Not to start a flame war but after reading the comment from Fair, which I assume is a fellow student, I won’t hold my breath on “university students being great leaders”.
Good one, Fair!
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You have to understand how Pro-BN public unversities are. Thanks to AUKU, universities have served as a pro-bn tool to churn out brainwashed individuals.
These USM students are on the right track to inspire others to voice out their academic freedom.
Let’s not fault the universities but the politicians with vested interest and the gov. policies responsible for this.
There are a few good academicians out there who are against academic politicial repression but they’re afraid of getting sacked for their beliefs.
2012 will be an exiciting year for us Malaysians…those who have not yet registered to vote PLEASE DO SO!!!
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