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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 26. 1975

Interference in New Zealand's affairs

Interference in New Zealand's affairs

There has been a long history of attempts by the Malaysian Government to intimidate and spy upon Malaysian students in New Zealand.

In 1969 the Director of the Malaysian Students' Department (which was based in Sydney) wrote to a group of Malaysian students at Auckland University telling them to break away from the Malaysian Singapore Students' Association and to form an exclusively Malaysian student organisation.

In 1971 the Manawatu Evening Standard' reported that a senior Malaysian student had said that he had been offered a bribe to form an MSA at Massey University.

In 1973 the Malaysian High Commissioner, Jack de Silva, claimed that Malaysian students in New Zealand were being subverted by Communist propaganda. He alleged that the Chinese Government and the New Zealand Communist Party were responsible De Silva's claims were strongly refuted by students, university administrators and the New Zealand Government Finally Tun Razak admitted to the Malaysian Parliament that the allegations were without foundation.

In 1974 the Malaysian Government's intimidation and interference reached new heights with the arrest and detention of Khoo Ee Liam.

Demonstrate 5.45 PM Monday October 13th James Cook Hotel