Education Minister’s appointment as president continues to draw flak

PETALING JAYA: Even as Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that the appointment of Dr Maszlee Malik (pic) as president of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is being reviewed, the minister’s appointment has continued to receive a barrage of criticism from political leaders, including Pakatan Harapan MPs and civil society.

This is evident especially after student activists Asheeq Ali Sehi Alvivi and Siti Nurizzah Dazali were arrested for protesting at the Education Ministry in Putrajaya yesterday.