Tuesday 18 September 2007

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM): Famous for the WRONG Reasons

From "Mahaguru58" Blog: Read here article by Zainol Abideen and HERE

Quote:

"...Why the hell are the University (UPM) authorities being so bloody racist?

Doesn't augur well for the reputation of the university.

If you DON'T like to have NON- Malays students there, might as well make it a MALAY-ONLY University.

With such kind of abusive and biased treatment being meted out to these UPM Chinese students by the clearly discriminating campus security, is it any wonder that these students will grow to hate the Malays as a whole for the inconsiderate few amongst the campus security personnel here?

I wonder what the university administrators are doing by allowing such blatant thuggery take place here against their fee paying students who are in fact their paymasters?

Maybe UPM stands for Universiti Perkauman Malaysia?

Easy for all that way! Saves all people lots of trouble and heartaches! "

- Zainol Abideen

Read HERE related article and HERE in Screenshots, and HERE and HERE

by

Zainol Abideen

Excerpts: Read HERE and HERE for more

Universiti Putra Malaysia is in the news for the wrong reasons again.

Instead of being famous for good academic results of its students, the university is now becoming infamous for the way the students are being victimized by campus security.

As was the case before, it involves Chinese students who are seen standing up for their rights in demanding that the campus security 'Special Duties Unit' Supervisor Zamali Haji Samsi return what's rightfully the personal laptop, mobile phone, MP4 player, pendrive and several documents to the student!



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Why is this happening in this university?

What kind of laws are these resulting in a racial polarization and victimization of our students?

Why the hell are the university authorities being so bloody racist? Doesn't augur well for the reputation of the university.

If you don't like to have non Malays students there, might as well make it a Malay only university. Easy for all that way! Saves all people lots of trouble and heartaches!

Maybe UPM stands for Universiti Perkauman Malaysia?

From the way, things are happening there, the description and suggested name change fits it to a 'T'!

No wonder that the Non Malay Malaysians are all for having their own ethnic based universities!

So much for the rhetoric of 'Perpaduan and Muhibbah'!

I wonder what the university administrators are doing by allowing such blatant thuggery take place here against their fee paying students who are in fact their paymasters?

Yes! Those students aren't studying there for free, are they?

All the fees being paid by such students and all the rest are pooled into paying the salaries of the lecturers, administrators, campus staff plus those arrogant campus security personnel themselves!

These are university students we are talking about?

What the hell is wrong about them learning to prepare for the realities of life once they graduate?

If they have certain tendencies to be politically inclined and support whatever bloody party they want, its their business and their rights!

It makes no difference to the way things are being run here in this nation as far as the political scenario is concerned.

When you do such things to intimidate them and confiscate their personal laptops and properties, what message are you giving to those students? 'That this current regime is no different from any dictatorial tyrants out there in the world because they will stop at nothing, not even murder to hang on to their power and positions at all costs?'

I feel ashamed to see my fellow 'Muslims' behave so arrogantly especially now in the holy month of Ramadan which clearly doesn't seem to mean much to those despots terrorizing the young students of this nation!

In case, the university's administrators forgot, these are our students, our Malaysian students who have every right to be allowed to study in peace and accorded due respect and honor to be left unmolested and undisturbed to carry on with their academic pursuits!

The international academic world will condemn our universities to be nothing but training camps for future blind supporters of the reigning regime and nothing less than that.

Its a shame to the reputation and integrity of the academics of this country to see such discrimination allowed to be taking place there in UPM!

I have yet to see the Minister for Higher Education address this matter? Where the hell is he?

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