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PKR Youth welcomes AUKU repeal, says it restores campuses to students

Malaysia Times desk Original: theSun 8/15 11:54 X
PKR Youth welcomes AUKU repeal, says it restores campuses to students
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PKR’s youth wing has thrown its full support behind Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement that the government will repeal the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU), calling it a long-overdue victory for Malaysia’s student movement.

From the original report

In a statement today, PKR Youth chief Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim described the move as more than an administrative decision, saying it recognises decades of student activism demanding a freer and more democratic campus environment in which students are treated as adults capable of thinking, speaking and organising independently.

Kamil traced the roots of the struggle to the student uprisings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when campus activism was closely linked to broader concerns over poverty and social injustice.

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Aug 15, 2026
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