This was after a petition was launched calling for UM to revoke the degree of civil engineering student Wong Yan Ke, for his one-man protest at the university’s 59th convocation ceremony on Monday.
This then led to the barring of another graduate, Edan Kon Hua En, from participating in his convocation the next day, when auxiliary police found a folded placard in his possession. “We comprehend the concern of the university in regards to the view that a formal convocation ceremony may not be a suitable platform to have a legitimate protest.
The Law Society also said the university’s rules and regulations would only allow a revocation on the basis of a failure to clear academic bills, or if a student had committed academic dishonesty.
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