COMMENT | The Malaysian Academic Movement (Move) is puzzled and appalled by the recent appointment of Education Minister Maszlee Malik as IIUM president.

For Move, this clearly goes against the new government’s purported commitment to free university management from political appointees.

Just a few weeks ago, Maszlee himself terminated the services of five public universities chairpersons as they were deemed to be BN’s political appointees. There should not be any exception to this policy...