A local university has banned social activist Marina Mahathir from speaking at their campus.
FMT
KUALA LUMPUR: Social activist Marina Mahathir has shrugged off the decision of a local university to ban her from speaking to its students at their campus, saying it must be because she is a “powerful” public figure.
Keeping the name of the university under wraps, Marina took to Facebook and announced the ban, saying, “Well, well, well….got invited by students from a public university and (what a surprise!) the same thing happened.”
She was referring to being banned for the fifth time by a local university and said, “That makes it the fifth time I’ve been ‘banned’ from a public university. I must be damned powerful.”
Marina was told that the Student Affairs Department at the university were “strict” about the ban as all public institutions of higher learning had taken the same approach.
Sounding upbeat all the same, Marina said, “It’s OK. Tomorrow I’m going to speak at a private college. And the students from the public university who had to cancel my invitation have a standing invitation from me to come and have a chat anytime.”
Last year, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was banned from speaking at Universiti Malaya, a ban he chose to defy that resulted in the students who organised it, getting suspended and fined.
FMT
KUALA LUMPUR: Social activist Marina Mahathir has shrugged off the decision of a local university to ban her from speaking to its students at their campus, saying it must be because she is a “powerful” public figure.
Keeping the name of the university under wraps, Marina took to Facebook and announced the ban, saying, “Well, well, well….got invited by students from a public university and (what a surprise!) the same thing happened.”
She was referring to being banned for the fifth time by a local university and said, “That makes it the fifth time I’ve been ‘banned’ from a public university. I must be damned powerful.”
Marina was told that the Student Affairs Department at the university were “strict” about the ban as all public institutions of higher learning had taken the same approach.
Sounding upbeat all the same, Marina said, “It’s OK. Tomorrow I’m going to speak at a private college. And the students from the public university who had to cancel my invitation have a standing invitation from me to come and have a chat anytime.”
Last year, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was banned from speaking at Universiti Malaya, a ban he chose to defy that resulted in the students who organised it, getting suspended and fined.
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