00:00I would like to ask the Minister of Higher Education to state what steps the Ministry is taking
00:06to ensure that incidents such as the ban by the UKM,
00:10which prevented his hands from making a public statement recently, do not happen again.
00:18The Minister of Higher Education, please answer.
00:23Honourable Dato'yandi Pertua,
00:26I am aware of the concerns among students,
00:34and especially among the academics,
00:38regarding the UKM's statement
00:44about the circle of registrar's offices,
00:48which is the information of the ban
00:51making a statement that can lead to public outrage.
00:56And this is also related to Article 605,
01:03which is the Act of Justice,
01:06where every institution of justice will often remind
01:12their staff about what they can and cannot do.
01:23However, I also understand in the context of a higher education institution,
01:31as stated by Honourable Indrama Kota,
01:37from my background, who was there before this.
01:42And the question is,
01:45how does the university administration pay attention to every instruction
01:53or reminder given by the JPA regarding it?
01:59Because it is related to the act of justice.
02:03Therefore, among the steps that I have taken to ensure that
02:10every instruction is not only interpreted as one thing,
02:15especially in the context of a higher education institution,
02:20such as a university,
02:22that is, every instruction cannot be considered as something that can only be carried out
02:30in all levels.
02:33And I have already made a statement to the universities,
02:39that if there is a mistake or error in the interpretation that has been issued,
02:47it should be informed to the authorities,
02:51including the Ministry of Higher Education,
02:55for us to clarify it.
02:56And that reminder is taken.
02:58This is because, Honourable Dato' Yandi Pertua,
03:02I often remind universities
03:07that universities represent a country,
03:13that is, a microcosm of the nation.
03:16So, this is very important to be taken into account.
03:21After this incident, I held a meeting at the highest level to see
03:29why such a situation occurs in the context of our academic world.
03:35The biggest obstacle was that we have Acta 605.
03:41Honourable Indra Mahkota, of course, understands
03:44because he has also been there.
03:47And several attempts have been made,
03:50and even now, I have asked for this Acta 605 to be reviewed
03:58to give an exception in the context of public universities.
04:02Because public universities are considered legal bodies.
04:07And in Acta 605, there are 12 institutions that are excluded.
04:14So, it's time for us to look in the context of a university.
04:21For example, in the context of Article 18.1 and 18.2,
04:26which touches on what is allowed and what is not allowed.
04:31Therefore, in the context of a public university,
04:36we need to look in the context of that university,
04:39not involved in the overall circulation in general
04:46that is given to all parties involved in the category of legal bodies.
04:55And this is one of the steps that we are taking.
04:58And this step is considered one of the steps to be taken.
05:01Radical, cowardly.
05:04And I am trying to do this as much as possible
05:09so that the stigma in that university
05:15is not surrounded by fear to convey their point of view.
05:23But on one condition,
05:25in the tradition of intellectuality,
05:29someone who will speak will not speak with permission.
05:35Without facts, by making theories that are not true.
05:40But this is what I mentioned earlier.
05:42We will look again in the context of Acta.
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