உயர் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலையில் இந்துக்களுக்கு இடம் கிடையாது- மலேசிய பிரதமர் அறிவிப்பு

உயர் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலையில் இந்துக்களுக்கு இடம் கிடையாது- மலேசிய பிரதமர் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
மலேசியாவின் உயர் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் மலெசிய முஸ்லீம்களுக்கு மட்டுமே இடம் என்றும் அவர் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.

Malaysian PM rejects call to open varsity to non-Malays
Kuala Lumpur (PTI): The Malaysian premier has rejected a call by opposition leader to allow other races to enrol in a university that is exclusively for Muslim Malays and other indigenious groups, prompting students unrest.

On Sunday, Chief Minister of Selangor state Abdul Khalid, where the Universiti Teknologi Mara is located, triggered an uproar when he suggested that the institution could offer 10 per cent of its places to other races. "He has no power to do that. Matters related to (student) intakes is under the jurisdiction of higher educational institutions," Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was quoted as saying by the New Strait Times daily.

Khalid said the move would be timely as it followed changes in the education system, adding that it would give UiTM students early exposure to be more friendly towards people of other races. The controversy has laid bare lingering racial tensions in Malaysia, where the population is dominated by Malays and where ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities are concerned over rising "Islamisation."

UiTM is currently the only university in the country which is confined to Muslim Malays and indigenous races -- known collectively as "bumiputra" or "sons of the soil." Khalid's remarks triggered a protest by 5,000 students from the university who took to the streets on Tuesday and marched to the chief minister's office, waving placards saying, "Do not seize our rights," and "Save UITM." Meanwhile, UiTM pro-chancellor Tan Sri Arshad Ayub told the New Straits Times that the university should be kept as it is as the time was not right to make changes.