The 15 tertiary students detained for staging a flashmob protest against the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 at KL Sentral yesterday evening have been released on police bail, police said today.    

student flashmob at kl central 141211 08 Brickfields police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said the students were released at about 10pm yesterday after police had recorded their statements.  

“The police are satisfied with the information and cooperation they have extended,” he told Bernama .   

The students, believed to be members of the Movement for Academic Freedom (Bebas), were detained after they ignored a police directive to disperse.   

They were brought to the Travers police station and their statements recorded under Section 27 of the Police Act 1967.  

The students, aged between 20 and 22, are from Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Selangor and Selangor International Islamic University College.

- Bernama

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