PETALING JAYA: Malaysian universities should stop using disciplinary rules to silence students and restrict debate, says Human Rights Watch (HRW), giving the example of six Universiti Malaya (UM) students who were penalized for holding a press conference without the university’s permission.
In a statement on Monday, HRW said that university rules in Malaysia, such as the “broadly worded” University and University Colleges Act (UUCA) were used to stifle university students’ freedom of expression and assembly.
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