Social reform movement Aliran today urged four local universities to allow seven suspended student to resume their education.

The seven has been in suspension for the past two years following their arrest and subsequent court case for illegal assembly.

The universities concerned - Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - had invoked the Universities and University Colleges Act to suspend the students after they were charged in the magistrate's court for taking part in an anti-ISA protest on June 8, 2001.

Their case is fixed to be heard on July 14 and in the meantime the students have turned to part time work and private education while waiting for the case to end so that they can resume their education at local universities.