Vigilance needed when vetting speakers


PETALING JAYA: All institutes of higher learning must have air-tight procedures and guidelines to vet potential speakers and collaborators, say academics.

Calling for more stringent checks on potential speakers, especially by renowned academic institutions planning on inviting them, educationist Tan Sri Dr T. Marimuthu said when a talk is given in a university, it must be intellectual and not political.

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