Universiti Malaya has denied that it issued a notice to students warning them against attending a talk by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim on campus tomorrow.

It also denied that police will take over the campus security tomorrow to block the event.

"No such thing as police taking over. UM has its own security, why do we need police to come in?" vice-chancellor in charge of student affairs Rohana Yusof said.

She also denied issuing any threats of disciplinary action against students who participate in the event.

"There is no notice. UM never gave permission for the activity so we don't expect such a thing to happen tomorrow," she said when contacted.

Earlier UM student council deputy secretary Leong Yu Sheng issued a press statement claiming that the university is putting the campus on lockdown to stop the event tomorrow night.

He cited a notice purportedly sent to students by Rohana.

The notice states that the police had warned the university that the event ' Anwar Ibrahim: 40 Years from UM to Prison' is to "topple the government".

The notice also states that police will take over campus security starting 7am tomorrow and all entrances but the main entrance will be closed.

It also warned students not to be at Dataran Dewan Tunku Canselor, where the event will be held, starting 4pm tomorrow.

Anwar (above) , a UM alumnus, is invited to speak by the student council on the night before his final appeal against his sodomy conviction.

The student council has refused to cancel the event despite the university's decision not to allow it.

The council argues that they do not need permission from the adminsitration to host events on campus.

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