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Friday August 15, 2008 MYT 4:19:09 PM

Segamat students protest Selangor MB's proposal

By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH


SEGAMAT: Another group of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) students, this time in Segamat, staged a protest against a proposal for the university to open its doors to other races.

The big group of students on Friday staged a peaceful protest inside the university's compound before marching to the university's mosque for Friday prayers.

Johor Universiti Teknologi Mara student council president Mohd Izkhairi Ibrahim said the students were against any plan to open the university to other races.

He said the proposal by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim for UiTM to accept 10% of non-bumiputra students was uncalled for and they would not accept it.

Mohd Izkhairi said there were about 20 universities in the country for the authorities to implement such a plan but not at UiTM as it would only rob the Malays of their rights.

Meanwhile, UiTM's corporate affairs coordinator Jafri Jawahir said besides staging the protest, the students also launched a signature campaign on Friday.

He said the group expected to collect more than 5,000 signatures from the students and they planned to submit the signatures to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The students together with the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students or Gabungan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung will submit the protest signatures to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi soon, he added.

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