Wednesday April 16, 2008
Student: I didn’t write racist letter
KUALA LUMPUR: A Universiti Malaya student leader has denied writing a letter that a group in the same institution claimed was racist.
Universiti Malaya (UM) Student Representative Council president Afandy Sutrisno Tanjung said someone had maliciously used his name and circulated the letter without his knowledge.
He said he had lodged a police report over the incident.
After the letter came to light last week, a group of UM undergraduates that billed itself as the Gabungan Mahasiswa Sedar issued a press statement and declaration calling for an end to racially-based policies and the divide-and-rule policy.
It also called on the Government to sign the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and to abolish any Acts that affected undergraduates’ freedom of speech and expression.
The group handed the statement to deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs and alumni) Assoc Prof Dr Azarae Idris.
The controversial letter was said to have called on some groups to be prepared for “any eventuality” because of the recent winds of change in the national political scenario and warned them not to allow the country to fall into wrong hands.
When contacted, Assoc Prof Azarae Idris said Afandy had sworn an oath that the controversial statement was not written by him.
“We consider the case closed as the statement was a total fabrication.
“With the use of modern technology, anything is possible,” he said.
He added that he did not see the need for Gabungan Mahasiswa Sedar's statement.
“I do not know who or what is behind this.
“UM has never been racist. We are the most racially-diverse public university,” he said.
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