Despite warnings and punishment meted out, students sponsored by the Terengganu Foundation (YT) appear to be unfazed and remain adamant in wanting to participate in illegal assemblies.

It is clear that the retraction of study loans from nine students who took part in Egypt's uprising last year has not taught the rest a lesson, as two more YT students were found to have been involved in the April Bersih 3.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur.

The two students from Trefound Educare, wholly owned by YT, have been issued a show-cause letter and their fate will be known after a board of directors meeting soon.

Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Said today described the students' behaviour as appearing to challenge the government because they were aware of the rules.  

He said that the government was also still in the process of identifying several other students who were involved.

"We're disappointed as there are still students who did not learn from our withdrawal of the nine study loans due to participation in an illegal demonstration abroad.      

"Apart from that, we're in the process of collecting concrete evidence to link several more sponsored students alleged to have been involved in the opposition demonstration," he told reporters.    

Ahmad said they had solid proof to link the two students to the rally following recordings obtained from their social networking pages.

"We hope that after this the students will be more careful and understand clearly the terms of the loan and sponsorship because stern action will be taken if they're found to be involved in illegal activities," he said.  

- Bernama