Stranglehold over undergrads
special report
The heads of two student bodies in Universiti Malaya (UM) typify the intake since the early 1970s students who are fearful of initiating change and mindful of keeping their heads low. Both leaders refused to be identified by name in this report.
This is the combined impact of the University and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) and the Akujanji pledge of loyalty , which have persuaded students that it is not worth their while to get into "trouble" for expressing themselves freely and openly.
Like fellow Malaysians who are corralled by a raft of other repressive laws, university students too heed the dictates of the UUCA which prevent their participation without consent in organised activities or membership in social and political groups.
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