A pro-Mahasiswa student leader from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was reportedly beaten up and splashed with paint this morning.

22-year-old Muhammad Syahir Rahimi Sukri, president of the Gabungan Mahasiswa UKM (GMUKM), was attacked by an unknown assailant at 4am.

At the time of the incident he was taking his turn looking after campaign posters for the upcoming campus elections.

“He has been taken to Serdang Hospital as he has wounds on his head and body, and is covered with paint.

“(His condition) looks serious,” PKR Youth vice chief Tan Kar Hing ( photo ) told Malaysiakini today when contacted.

“The incident happened in the campus. His car was also splashed with paint,” said Tan.

He speculated the attack was politically motivated as a form of intimidation.

“I think the motive of this attack is to intimidate and sow fear.

“It’s not a robbery, as nothing was stolen,” Tan, who is Simpang Pulai assemblyperson, said.

According to another student, a police report has been lodged.

Police: Student attacked by two men in helmets

Confirming the incident, Kajang district police chief Willey Richard said the Muhammad Syahir was found by his friend lying on the road behind UKM’s Ibrahim Yaakob residential college.

The friend had rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call from Muhammad Syahir, Willey said.

Muhammad Syahir was found with “slash marks and red dye on his body” at about 5.30am.

Police believe the attackers, two men in their twenties, had attacked the student using a knife.

The student said he was held up by the men during his rounds, but he could not identify them as they were wearing full-faced motorcycle helmets with dark visors.

The suspects left the scene on a black Yamaha Lagenda motorcycle, Willey said.

“Investigations are ongoing,” he said.

Muhammad Syahir was discharged from hospital later in the afternoon with severn stitches to his right arm.

He sustained slash injuries across his chest, his left arm and forehead.

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