A student of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) who twice aborted attempts to make police reports on Saturday for the return of his laptop, hand phone and other belongings seized bu the universiti's security personnel, lodged a report yesterday

The Sun, Kong See Hoh

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paperreportsontheincident.On Friday night, plainclothessecuritypersonnelremovedYee'sbelongings,whichincludedanMP4,fromhishostelroom,onthepretextof investigatinga phonetheft.However,hewaslaterquizzedonhis involvementinstudentpolitics.Yeeclaimedsecuritypersonnelhad infringedon his privacy,nothavingobservedprocedurein the. seizureof hisbelongings.The paper said the incidentsmacksof intimidationintherun-uptocampuselectionsasYeeissaidtobe "anti-establishment".A numberof studentsat the Serdangcampusdeemedto be such were said tohavebeensubjectedto harassmentof late.TheBarisanMahasiswaBersatustudent body has lodged police'reportsoverseveralincidentsinvolv-ingUPMstudents.that are pornographicor deemedanti-establishment.AccordingtoareportinSin ChewDaily,Yee,accompaniedbytwootherstudents,hadanhour-longstand-offwithOthmanon Mondaywhenthelatterrefusedto releasetheseizeditems unless Yang disclosed thepasswordto his laptopandsecuritycodeforhishandphone.Yee told reportersoutside thecampussecurityofficethathewasworried securitypersonnelmighthaveaccessedhispasswordlookedat filesstoredinthe laptop.Hedidnotdiscounthepossibilityof fileshavingbeendeleted,alteredor addedin hisabsence. /"Yee said the laptop containedcoursework andtheactionsof thesecuritypersonnelhadaffectedhispreparationsforanimpendingexam,addingthathisparentsinSabahhadcalledtoexpresstheirshockatnews-A STUDENT of Universiti PutraMalaysiawhotwiceabortedattemptsto makepolicereportson Saturdayfor the returnof his lap.top,hand-phoneandotherbelongingseizedbytheuniversity'securityperson-nel,lodgeda reportyesterday.Earlier in the day,worried thatdata in his laptopandhandphonemightbe compromised,first-yearstudent Yee Yang Yang ignoredsecurityofficerMejOthmanJailani'ssuggestionthatheshowthegadg-etsdidnotcontainsmutor materialdefamatoryto thegovernmentandthe university.Othmanmade thesuggestionas a conditionfor thereturnof hisbelongings.Yee aborted his first twoattemptsto lodgereportsafterthecampussecurityunit assuredhimit would returnhis belongingsonMonday when satisfied that thelaptop did not contain materialsStudent lodges reportagainst sby Kong See Hohnewsdesk@lhesundaily.com

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