KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Engineering graduate Wong Yan Ke, who brought along a protest placard during the Universiti Malaya (UM) convocation ceremony on Oct 14, has been informed that he can get his academic transcript at any time from Oct 18. In a statement issued on Oct 19, UM board chairman Tengku Datuk Dr Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen Tengku Ibrahim stressed that the university was not withholding Wong’s scroll and academic transcript or revoking his degree. He said the UM was of the view that the graduate’s protest act did not respect the event and he had violated the occasion by not respecting other graduates, parents and other guests who were present. He said PAUM agreed with the action taken by UM in lodging a police report of the incident. – BernamaRelated stories:Former UM lecturer: University cannot revoke degree of student activistEducation Ministry should not keep mum over convocation protest issue, says WeeUM student activist gets support from fellow activists

Source: The Star October 19, 2019 04:30 UTC