Simple questions for you, Mr. Minister

Very simple questions for Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of Higher Education.

1) How sincere is the ministry / government to amend UUCA, in order to "free" the students from their fetters?
If the government is sincere, how come there are so many cases of university authority suppressing the students' activities during the orientation month? How come the perpetrators are not punished?

2) How true is the statement of the President of UM Students Representative Council, Mohd Effendy, who has indicated that the slanderous booklet (left) was printed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Biro Tata Negara? Why there is no details of the publisher?
The content of the booklet is simply malicious. It is tantamount to defamation. If it is not published by the ministry, Mohd Effendy should be punished for slandering the ministry; otherwise, put the name of the ministry openly, rather than hiding behind like a coward!

3) Can you show us some study facts or researches that lead us to the conclusion that Suqiu is extreme, Kampung Medan incident was caused by Indians or DAP was the cause of the May 13 riot in 1969?
The "Ethnic Relation" is a compulsory subject in all major universities. If the textbook of a subject in the university can be based solely on the authors' interpretation, without any academic substantiation, what kind of graduates you are expecting?

Ini isu umat sejagat!

At around 2pm today (Friday), my friends and I attended a huge demonstration in front of the US embassy. It was a protest on Israeli aggression against the Palestinian. About a week ago, Israeli abducted dozens of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers and members of parliament (including the Deputy Prime Minister), merely to pressure for the release of a captured Israeli soldier.

All the while, Israel and the US have been accusing HAMAS as terrorist group, and when HAMAS gained overwhelming victory in the Palestine general election this January, they refused to engage with HAMAS. Ironically, after the "terrorist" came into power in less than one year, dozens of them were rounded up by the "JUST Force".

For your information, Malaysia has no diplomatic tie with Israel, therefore, there is no Israeli embassy. Nevertheless, as Israeli's closest ally and arm supplier, the United States deserves a protest in front of their embassy.

The crowd was huge, and around 99% of them are Muslims. We marched from Tabung Haji to the British High Commission, (British has to bear full responsibility on what is happening in Palestine and Israel too) then only we marched to the US embassy. There was no untoward incident throughout the march.

As non muslim, my friends and I have no hesitance at all to be part of the procession. Although we heard slogans like "Allahuakhbar!", "Palestine belongs to Muslims!", "Hidup Islam!" etc, we firmly recognise that the issue of Palestine is not an issue of Muslims or Islam, it is an issue of humanity and human rights. Many Muslim friends shook my hand and thanked me for attending the demonstration and supporting "their issue", I told them, "Ini isu umat sejagat!"


Israel arrests Hamas leadership
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/087CE7F6-233F-4AB7-A48F-E42A2C3C7676.htm