ACCORDING to our government, university students are freer than they have been because the UUCA has been amended and there are speaker’s corners on campus. But is there real freedom?
Universiti Teknologi Mara
Biro Tata Negara’s “real” message
By Shanon ShahMOHD Khalid Mohd Nor, 27, attended the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) programme in 2002. Back then, he was a Public Services Department (JPA) scholar about to be sent to Germany to attend university. Khalid is now in London finishing his PhD in advanced manufacturing technologies. He is not on a government scholarship anymore. The Nut […]
Students penalised for protesting ISA
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 23 June 2009: Only one of the seven students suspended by their universities in 2001 for allegedly participating in an unlawful demonstration managed to complete his university education. National Mosque (Public domain)The seven, who were all from public universities, were arrested by the police during an anti-Internal Security Act rally on 8 June […]
Student who was almost raped sues UiTM
SHAH ALAM, 27 May 2009: A Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) student, who was almost raped while taking a bath at her college six months ago, is suing the university for negligence. The 21-year-old student, who is in second year at the Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, filed the suit through her lawyer, Mohamed Hanipa […]
