Renewed call for UUCA abolition after 120 UM students evicted

The University of Malaya Students’ Union (UMSU) today renewed calls for the abolition of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA).

It cited the recent case of 120 B40 (bottom 40 percent of income earner) students being evicted from their housing as a way that the UUCA is being used to restrict the activities of undergraduates.

UMSU president Ooi Guo Shen, 22, said the students were paying RM270 monthly rent for “affordable housing”, an initiative that was mooted by the previous student union leadership.

He said the official reason given for the eviction was refurbishment but alluded that the real reason was due to...