UM vice-chancellor a ‘disappointment’ for not defending students, say groups | The Malaysian Insight

Student groups say UM vice-chancellor Abdul Rahim Hashim was wrong in calling their use of a clown caricature of Najib Razak a 'provocation', as the use of satirical art and caricatures is accepted as a form of criticism around the world. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 25, 2019.

A GROUP of Universiti Malaya student activists have expressed disappointment with their vice-chancellor, Abdul Rahim Hashim, over his censure of their protest against Najib Razak last week. UM Association of New Youth , Angkatan Mahasiswa UM, and Demokrat UM said in a joint statement that Rahim’s statement made after seven students were roughed up by Najib supporters on Friday implied that the students had broken the law when they were merely exercising their freedom of expression.

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