POLITICISATION CAUSE OF J’PURA MEDICAL STUDENT’S SUSPENSION: MFSAC

Twenty-one medical students of the Sri Jayewardanepura University have been suspended alleging the students had misbehaved in a manner that had tarnished the good reputation of the medical faculty.

Medical Faculty Students’ Action Committee (MFSAC) yesterday charged that the suspension of the 21 medical students of the Jayewardanepura University was a result of the extreme politicisation prevailing in the state university system.

Letters of

suspen- sion had been issued to 21 medical students belonging to the University of Jayewardanepura on June 8 alleging the students had misbehaved in a manner that had tarnished the good reputation of the

Medical Faculty Students’ Action Committee (MFSAC) yesterday charged that the suspension of the 21 medical students of the Jayewardanepura University was a result of the extreme politicisation prevailing in the state university system

medical faculty. The Co-Convener of MFSAC, Najith Indika claimed the letters issued from the university administration also stated the suspended students had behaved in a manner not fitting an undergraduate while they were organising a protest march when a funeral was being held in the university premises.

“On June 5, the med- ical faculty students organised a protest march. On this day itself a ceremony was held inside the university premises to pay last respects for a lecturer from the Management Faculty who had passed away earlier that week. However, the protest march started from the Jayewardanepura University and ended at the Wijerama Junction. The students did not disturb the ceremony in any manner” Indika said.