PETALING JAYA - Human rights organisation Suara Rakyat Malaysia has called for the vice-chancellor of Universiti Malaya Abdul Rahim Hashim to resign after the university lodged a police report against a student who staged a solo protest during a convocation ceremony.
"As part of this process, any critique against policies through protests or civil disobedience is to be expected and welcomed, so long it does not promote violence against others," Suaram executive director Sevan Doraisamy said in the statement. Mr Wong said he was protesting against the vice-chancellor's recent speech at the Malay Dignity Congress in Shah Alam, which he claimed was racially charged. He said that as a graduate, he had the right to criticise and call for the individual to be courteous.
Mr Sevan said the position adopted by Universiti Malaya only shows that the management of the university has not progressed at all, despite the Ministry of Education's policy change that now allows university students to participate in political activities on campus. Lawyer Siti Kasim asked how the university could come up with a press statement condemning a Malaysian who is standing up for his right, yet stay silent on its vice-chancellor's extremely racist statement.
In its statement, the university had denounced Mr Wong's actions for not respecting the ceremony and disrupting its protocol.
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