Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry moves to repeal Universities and University Colleges Act, expanding student freedoms

Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry is taking immediate steps to expand students' freedom of expression and association, following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's call for the repeal of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU). The ministry announced measures to allow greater freedom in student associations, expression, assembly, and publication, and has halted disciplinary proceedings related to these freedoms.