Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 4. 21st March 1973
[Letter from J. Liew]
Dear Sir,
Your criticism and insult on 'A Malaysian Student' and the rest of the Malaysian students in "Salient", Mar. 14th was very unjust and unnecessary.
I am ashamed of you and your effort. Afterall, why should I and other Malaysian students show our 'guts' by supporting Mr Lee if we do not believe in his cause.
Tell us, what have you and other students with 'tons of guts' done to prevent Mr Lee's deportation.
Sincerely,
J. Liew
(There are two points Itere to clear up. Firstly, our reply did not ask Malaysian students to believe in Mr Lee's cause, but to stand alongside him when he was being attached for expressing his views.
Secondly, many students and others did make several attempts to prevent Mr Lee's deportation. These included approaches to the Minister of Immigration (twice), an approach to the Prime Minister and lobbying of other Government MP's. 'These efforts were made over a period of months-after the elections, but two Malaysian students offered to help only a week or two before Mr Lee was deported. That is to their credit, but certainly not to Mr Liew 's or other Malaysian students' at this university. We stand by our original comments. — Eds)