UM students boycott classes in support of Azmi Sharom

PETALING JAYA: An estimated 300 students boycotted their classes to attend a peaceful assembly on Wednesday, as support for Universiti Malaya law lecturer Azmi Sharom, who was recently charged with sedition.

The group, known as Universiti Malaya Students Associations (PMUM) together with politicians and academicians marched peacefully from the law faculty building and other faculties also joined in the assembly at the main bus stop area also known as the old speaker's corner, as a form of protest against the charges against Azmi and in support of academic freedom.