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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

National Students Consultation (Persefahaman Asas Gerakan) 2007


Isu Dibicara

  • Politik Perkauman Malaysia

  • Dasar Ekonomi Baru dan Pembangunan Negara

  • Kepelbagaian Budaya dan Perpaduan di Malaysia


Siapa yang akan anda temui?


  • 60 orang aktivis mahasiswa yang berlainan kaum dan latar belakang dari pelbagai kampus di Malaysia

  • Ustaz Nasarudin
  • 2-4 March 2007
    New Era College, Kajang

    Untuk keterangan lanjut dan pendaftaran,
    sila hubungi:

    Mohd Nazree 012-210 3891
    Lim Sok Swan 019-415 0012
    Faisal Aziz 013-530 3221
    Amirul Letfee 019-383 6859


  • Lim Teik Ghee

  • Azmin Ali

  • Arutchelvan

  • Rosli Yaakop

  • Arumugam

  • Ramadhan Fitri

  • dan lain-lain…

Anjuran Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia:
GAMIS, DEMA, PKPIM, KARISMA, UMANY

Sunday, February 11, 2007

How DEMA Start

In November 1998, Asia Pacific Economy Co-operation ( APEC) was held in Malaysia. Then Asia Pacific People ( APPA ), a general public conference was held to discuss issues arising from the economic policy via the idea of globalization of the APEC which would benefit the big corporations but neglect the people at large. The APPA focused on issues such as human right, environment, food security & agriculture, media, privatization, arms trade & miniaturization.

A group of students from various Malaysia Universities were in charge of the student sector on the affect of globalization in youth and students in the APPA assembly. After the event , those students decided to establish and consolidate a pro democracy youth and student movement in Malaysia. Thus DEMA was formed in 17 September 1998. Now, DEMA has a network involving various campuses in Malaysia enabling the youth and students to uphold the basic principles of campus democracy.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Ex-USM student gets green light to challenge UUCA

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today cleared the technical hindrance of a crucial application by a former student who is challenging the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA).

This decision will enable former Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) student Soh Sook Hwa to proceed with her case to seek the court to declare several UUCA provisions as unconstitutional.

Justice Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim today approved Soh's application for an extension of time.

Wan Afrah will meet with counsel for both parties on May 16 to fix a date for the mention of the case.

Soh, 24, challenged the Act in October 2005 after being punished by USM for her alleged involvement in the 2004 general election to campaign for an opposition candidate.

Senior federal counsel Azizah Nawawi who is representing the sole respondent - the higher education minister - cited two main procedural grounds to strike out Soh's application.

The ministry had argued against Soh's main application for a judicial review on a technical ground - that she had filed it after the 40-day time frame since receiving the ministry's letter rejecting her appeal against the penalties imposed by USM.

Although the time frame is stipulated in the UUCA, Soh argued that she only learnt of the ministry's decision much later as she was abroad and that the letter was not sent to her hometown address.

She then filed an application to seek an extension of the 40-day time frame on the ground that her action against the ministry involved public interest.

The application was approved by the court today, after being adjourned seven times.

A peaceful assembly

Soh, who is now working in Penang as a marketing executive, showed up in court this morning with some 50 student activists.

Prior to the hearing, they held a peaceful assembly in front of the court.

Armed with banners and posters, students shouted slogans such as "student power", "hidup mahasiswa" (long live student) and "mansuhkan Auku" (abolish UUCA).

Besides short speeches by several student leaders, one of them also recited a poem.

The 50-minute assembly was monitored by several policemen and special branch officers.

This is the first case challenging the legality of the UUCA, which bars academicians and students from being involved in politics, among other activities, without prior permission from the campus authorities.

Soh is seeking a review of the ministry's decision to reject her appeal against the penalties imposed by the USM disciplinary board.

She is also seeking a declaration that Section 15 of the UUCA - which bars students from being affiliated with political parties or associations - and several provisions in the USM regulations as unconstitutional.

In December 2004, USM found Soh guilty of breaching Section 15 of the UUCA based on a photograph of her clad in a T-shirt bearing an opposition party logo that had appeared in a vernacular paper.

The university then accused her of campaigning for Parti Keadilan Rakyat candidate Tian Chua in the Batu parliamentary seat in Kuala Lumpur. She was found guilty, fined RM200 and issued a stern warning.

The former student representative was a final-semester journalism undergraduate at the time. She was also the former president of the USM Chinese Language Society.

What Aim and Principles We Hold?

    Aim

  • To promote and facilitate unity, solidarity and co- operation among youth and student of Malaysia in the struggle against imperialism, neo-colonialism, abuse of human right and other forms of reputation towards the people of Malaysia in their struggle for a liberation, de- mocratic progressive, peace- ful and sustainable society.
  • To encourage direct involve- ment of youth and students in social realities.
  • To promote the acceptance and practice of human right in its broad context.

    Principles

  • Democracy
    • Defend our freedom of ex- pression, our right to peace- ful assembly and to organize ourselves.
    • Oppose dictatorial rule and the centralization of political; and economical power in the hands of few.
  • Equality
    • Eliminate all forms of dis- crimination in matters of so- cial standards, religion, race and gender.
    • Ensure public participation in the local economy and fair distribution of the Nations wealth.
  • People Centeredness
    • Uphold people interest in all social policies and develop- ment.
    • Empower the people to bring about positive change in society based on principles of conscientisation, coopera- tion and self-reliance.