Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students from some of its residential
colleges were compelled to attend the infamous Suara Wanita 1Malaysia
(SW1M) forum under threat of expulsion, claims student KS Bawani (below).
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Therefore, she said she is disappointed that the university had reportedly distanced itself
from the event last month by saying that it merely provided the hall,
where SW1M chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin had
berated her.
"The university said it was not involved, but many students were compelled to attend the programme... If it is not a university programme, why make it compulsory?" she said during an interview with Malaysiakini yesterday.
She said among those forced to attend were first year students from Proton Student Residential Hall (DPP Proton), which sponsored the event.
She said she had seen similar complaints on Facebook from students of other residential halls as well, but is unsure which particular ones or the number of students affected.
Bawani added that she was not one of them but went there of her own volition. Some 2,000 students reportedly attended the event.
The forum titled ‘Women in Politics' was held at UUM from around 10am to 1pm on Dec 8.
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A 24-minute video of it, uploaded on Jan 9, quickly went viral, with many netizens condemning Sharifah (right) and advertisers were quick to pounce on the event, parodying her antics, earning her the 'Kak Listen' moniker.
Bawani hopes that the intense publicity generated would bring down the curtain on similar ‘brainwashing sessions' at institutes higher learning.
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Therefore, she said she is disappointed that the university had reportedly distanced itself
from the event last month by saying that it merely provided the hall,
where SW1M chairperson Sharifah Zohra Jabeen Syed Shah Miskin had
berated her."The university said it was not involved, but many students were compelled to attend the programme... If it is not a university programme, why make it compulsory?" she said during an interview with Malaysiakini yesterday.
She said among those forced to attend were first year students from Proton Student Residential Hall (DPP Proton), which sponsored the event.
She said she had seen similar complaints on Facebook from students of other residential halls as well, but is unsure which particular ones or the number of students affected.
Bawani added that she was not one of them but went there of her own volition. Some 2,000 students reportedly attended the event.
The forum titled ‘Women in Politics' was held at UUM from around 10am to 1pm on Dec 8.
A 24-minute video of it, uploaded on Jan 9, quickly went viral, with many netizens condemning Sharifah (right) and advertisers were quick to pounce on the event, parodying her antics, earning her the 'Kak Listen' moniker.Bawani hopes that the intense publicity generated would bring down the curtain on similar ‘brainwashing sessions' at institutes higher learning.
Acting under false pretenses
Read More / Baca Lagi >>