Students protest with corpse effigy at KDN
University students protested at the Home Ministry today against the Sedition Act with an effigy of a corpse.
University students protested at the Home Ministry today against the Sedition Act with an effigy of a corpse.
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Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Semalaysia (Gamis) students said they wanted to send a message to the Home Ministry that the effigy symbolises democracy is dead after Universiti Malaya law lecturer Azmi Sharom (right) was charged under the Sedition Act.The group also tried to hand over the effigy of the corpse but failed to do so.
An officer of the ministry who initially received the memorandum later returned it to the group.
The others have been mainly opposition politicians as well a Malaysiakini journalist who was also arrested.
Earlier today, former student activist ormer Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) chairperson Muhammad Safwan Anang @ Talib was jailed for 10 months for sedition by a sessions court in Kuala Lumpur.
Gamis said that this is the first of its kind of demonstrations and more are planned in coming weeks.
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Students protest with corpse effigy at KDN
