University students’ groups have urged Universiti Malaya (UM) to retract a recently released dress code guideline, saying it encroaches on the freedom of varsity students to dress.

In making the call, Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) president Ten Kang Yeaw also urged UM students to participate in a civil disobedience movement to defy the regulation as a protest against the dress code.