Last week the government signalled plans to amend the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971, also known by its Malay acronym Auku, to address complaints by students of administrative restrictions and financial constraints in carrying out activities on campus.
Do the Auku amendments go far enough to empower students or should we be looking to repeal the act entirely? BFM asks Dr Sharifah Munirah Alatas, a visiting professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the Indonesian International Islamic University.
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