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Tuesday 28 October 2014

Ambiga praises students for facing up to UM’s administration

Although the gates of Universiti Malaya were locked earlier, students managed to push through, letting in the crowd and later, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 27, 2014.Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan tonight praises Universiti Malaya students for their courage in taking on the administration of the Malaysia's oldest university which allowed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to enter campus grounds.

The Negara-Ku co-chair said she was amazed by the fighting spirit displayed by the students, especially Universiti Malaya Undergraduates Assopciation (PMUM) president Fahmi Zainol, describing them as the agent of change in the country.

"What we see now is change happening, now we are seeing our youths rising up against oppression.

"I truly admire Fahmi, who was willing to face up to the autocratic attitude of the UM administration and I praise them (the students)," she said, in her speech during the Anti-Sedition Act dinner at Dewan Sivik in Petaling Jaya tonight.

Ambiga said with the latest development, the Umno-Barisan Nasional (BN) government could no longer duped the people and should be aware of it by now.

"This shows that you can't lie to everyone all the time," she said. – October 27, 2014.

- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ambiga-praises-students-for-facing-up-to-ums-administration#sthash.MaLKBOSl.dpuf

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