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You deserve it, Higher Education Minister tells attacked students

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Thursday, 19 April 2012

(Harakah Daily) - Instead of condemning acts of violence by a mob early this morning, Higher Education minister Khaled Nordin struck an unsympathetic chord by chiding students who were attacked For This Issues.. May Chee Chook Ying Read that at 3am this morning, the university students and protesters at Dataran Merdeka were attacked by 40-50 thugs. Their tents and supplies were torn down. They were both physically and verbally abused. Some women were kicked in the face while fast asleep, many injured and one reportedly hospitalized. Read more 9 Comments   Dataran Merdeka attack on youth resonates Najib’s battle cries LETTERS/SURAT Thursday, 19 April 2012 An injured activist (shirtless) is given a drink after the attack by the thugs. — Picture courtesy of @occupydataran J. D. Lovrenciear This early dawn’s thuggish attack on the students camping out at Dataran Merdeka deserves more than mere condemnation. We need to call for a national reflection-cum-investigation because these attacks and many other similar incidents that we have been witnessing these past two years appear to resonate with the very ‘blood and bones’ battle cry promises of the PM