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Sabahan student Veveonah Mosibin's post about needing to study for her exams on a tree for better internet has brought her online fame and assurance by the authorities that the local internet connectivity would be improved. — The Star

ON June 13,18-year-old Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) student Veveonah Mosibin uploaded a video to YouTube detailing how she had to climb up a tree to get a strong enough Internet connection to sit for her online exams.

She became an overnight social media sensation and an icon of the growing digital divide between Malaysia’s urban and rural populations, especially those living in far-flung settlements in Sabah and Sarawak.

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