Seventeen people were arrested on Sunday after police broke up a student gathering for greater academic freedom, in what the opposition and activists said was a campaign to stifle dissent.
Prime Minister Najib Razak has pledged to allow greater civil liberties, announcing reforms to security laws slammed as undemocratic, but critics insist he is backtracking on his pledges.
Opposition lawyer and activist N. Surendran said police “brutally” broke up a gathering outside a university in northern Perak state early Sunday, adding that one person was taken to hospital after being kicked by officers.
Dozens of students had gathered at about midnight as part of their campaign for greater academic freedom, such as the abolition of a law that bars them from joining or supporting political parties. Full story...
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Prime Minister Najib Razak has pledged to allow greater civil liberties, announcing reforms to security laws slammed as undemocratic, but critics insist he is backtracking on his pledges.
Opposition lawyer and activist N. Surendran said police “brutally” broke up a gathering outside a university in northern Perak state early Sunday, adding that one person was taken to hospital after being kicked by officers.
Dozens of students had gathered at about midnight as part of their campaign for greater academic freedom, such as the abolition of a law that bars them from joining or supporting political parties. Full story...
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