More than 700 students evicted from college

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 700 journalism students were left without a college overnight when they and their lecturers were evicted from the building in Wangsa Maju.

The Malaysian Institute of Integrated Media (MIIM) students and lecturers were given five minutes at 4.20pm on Wednesday to get out of the building.

They claimed the college had not been informed of any eviction notice.

After lodging a police report, the students went to the Umno Youth Education Bureau to see what help they could get.

At a press conference held at Putra World Trade Centre yesterday, bureau chief Ahmad Ikmal Ismail said he would try his best to resolve the situation.

More than 100 students and lecturers were present at the conference.

“We will talk to the Higher Education Ministry, the college management and the Private Education Department on what can be done,” he said.

Ahmad Ikmal said MIIM was previously known as Academy TV3 but had been sold to another company in July 2003.

He said the company then sold the building to another company, which refused to let the building be used as a college.

He added that the priority now was to ensure that a temporary building could be obtained as soon as possible for the students.

“From a licensing point of view, the college still exists. It just does not have a site to operate from,” he said.

MIIM also has many of its students undergoing industrial training at various media companies and Ahmad Ikmal hoped that these companies would not drop the students because of what had happened.

Lecturer Rahmatunnisah Sailin said there was no prior warning given on the eviction.

Source : TheStar

50 MIIM Students Evicted From College Building Complain To Umno Youth

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 (Bernama) — Fifty students of the Malaysian Institute of Integrative Media (MIIM), who were evicted from their college building yesterday, have taken their complaints to the Umno Youth Education Bureau, blaming SAL College, which manages the MIIM, for their problem.

The students, led by Student Council’s president Nabilah Saleh and final-semester student Kumaran Rajamooney, voiced their concerns to bureau chairman Ahmad Ikmal Ismail at the Umno Youth headquarters in Menara Datuk Onn here today.

“We were running the induction programme yesterday, which was supposed to finish at 5pm, but at 4pm we were told to stop. We did not know what to do when we saw people taking things away. The management has not informed us anything,” Kumaran told Ahmad.

The parents’ representative, Zulkifli Zainuddin, said the parents were also unhappy with what happened.

“We’ve asked to see the top management of SAL College three times but to no avail. Instead, they kept sending a management representative. We are always in the dark as to what is really going on,” said Nabilah.

A representative of the college’s lecturers and staff, Rahmahtunnisah Sailin, said they were also not getting the answers as to what was going on.

The students also alleged poor maintenance of the MIIM building and lack of equipment for their studies.

“We pay a fee of RM18,000, which should be enough to replace or repair the missing or broken equipment and to maintain the building,” said Kumaran.

“We’ve never had enough lecturers. For some strange reason, the lecturers at the college kept changing.”

Ahmad Ikmal then promised the students, and the accompanying lecturers and parents that Umno Youth would get to the bottom of the matter.

He said he would also talk to Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, the Private Education Department and SAL College board of directors.

The student body, which planned to hold a picket tomorrow, was advised against it by Ahmad Ikmal who said that picketing would not solve anything.

The MIIM, formerly known as Akademi TV3, was sold to SAL Group of Colleges in July 2003. SAL then rented the premises from TV3 until TV3 sold it to Zetro Aerospace Corporation, which refused to allow SAL College to continue renting the premises resulting in yesterday’s eviction.

Source : Bernama

Pemuda Janji Bantu Selesaikan Masalah Lebih 700 Pelajar MIIM

Oleh Adnil Mohd Kuala Lumpur — Walaupun sibuk dengan persidangan UMNO yang sedang berlangsung namun tugas dan tanggungjawab untuk membela nasib mereka yang memerlukan sentiasa menjadi keutamaan Pemuda UMNO.

Atas komitmen tersebut, Pemuda UMNO menerusi Biro Pendidikannya hari ini telah bersedia untuk membantu lebih 700 pelajar Malaysia Institute of Intergratif Media (MIIM) yang kini berada dalam situasi seperti “gantung tidak bertali”.

Nasib pelajar ini tidak menentu apabila bangunan tempat di mana pelajar ini mengikuti pengajian telah disita pemilik baru bangunan tersebut Zetro Aerospace Corporation.

Pihak Zetro Aerospace yang telah membeli bangunan tersebut dari TV3 telah memutuskan untuk tidak menyewakan bangunan tersebut kepada Cosmo Focus syarikat yang telah mengambilalih MIIM daripada TV3 pada 2003.

Ekoran dari keadaan tersebut, pelajar ini telah mengambil keputusan untuk membawa masalah ini ke pengetahuan pihak Pemuda UMNO.

Dalam pertemuan hampir sejam itu, Pemuda UMNO menerusi Pengerusi Biro Pendidikannya, Ahmad Ikmal Ismail telah memberi jaminan untuk cuba menyelesaikan masalah ini secepat mungkin.

Beliau berkata pihaknya akan berjumpa pihak kementerian, Jabatan Pengajian Swasta serta pihak pengurusan kolej untuk mencari jalan penyelesaian segera.

Katanya isu yang dihadapi sekarang ialah untuk mengetahui bagaimana status pelajar di kolej tersebut baik yang sedang mengikuti pengajian mahu pun yang sedang membuat praktikal.

“Kita juga ingin mengetahui apakah pihak pengurusan kolej mempunyai tempat lain untuk menempatkan pengajian pelajar terbabit.

“Bagi kita masalah ini mesti dicari jalan penyelesaian segera bukan kerana ia membabitkan lebih 700 pelajar tetapi pengajian kolej ini sendiri yang menawarkan sembilan jenis kursus yang mengkhususkan bidang penyiaran, kewartawanan dan multimedia”, ujarnya.

Justeru beliau berharap para pelajar serta ibu bapa memberikan ruang kepada Pemuda UMNO untuk mencari jalan penyelesaian tersebut seterusnya membolehkan pelajar terbabit meneruskan pengajian mereka.

Selain pelajar turut hadir pada pertemuan itu di Ibu Pejabat Pemuda UMNO Malaysia ialah Timbalan Pengerusi Biro Pendidikan, Pemuda UMNO, Harrison Hassan, Bendaharinya, Tengku Azman Tengku Zainal Abidin dan wakil ibu bapa pelajar, Hj Zulkifli Hj Zainuddin.

Source : PemudaUMNO

Kolej disita, jawatankuasa tindakan pelajar ditubuh

KUALA LUMPUR:  Ekoran penyitaan premis kolej Malaysia Institut Integratif Media (MIIM) Rabu lepas, pelajar kolej itu menubuhkan jawatankuasa bertindak bagi membawa masalah itu kepada Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.

Jawatankuasa itu diwakili Ketua Belia 4B Kawasan Titiwangsa Zulkefli Zainuddin, ibu bapa pelajar dan anggota Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar (MPP) kolej itu.

“Saya sebagai wakil belia akan berbincang dengan ibu bapa dan wakil pelajar untuk membawa masalah ini kepada kementerian berkenaan agar pelajar dapat meneruskan pengajian mereka dalam masa terdekat,” kata Zulkefli yang ditemui pada perbincangan bersama pelajar MIIM di Pusat Aktiviti Masyarakat Setiawangsa di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata masalah ini telah mendapat perhatian daripada Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.

“Pagi tadi dua pegawai dari Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi datang untuk melihat keadaan kolej dan mengambil kenyataan daripada beberapa pelajar. Kami tunggu apa yang kementerian boleh lakukan untuk menolong kamu semua (pelajar),” katanya.

Wakil MPP kolej itu Kumaran Rajawoney berkata sejak MIIM disita, tiada maklumbalas yang diberi oleh pihak pengurusan kolej kepada mereka.

“Kami tidak mendapat apaapa maklumat daripada pihak kolej, apa yang kami tahu kolej ini disita sebab tidak bayar sewa bangunan dan kami cuba menghubungi pihak atasan tapi gagal.

“Saya juga kecewa apabila pelajar baru yang telah membayar yuran pengajian tidak dapat meneruskan pengajian mereka,” kata penuntut tahun tiga kolej itu.

Hamzah Izham, bapa kepada pelajar semester dua, Azrie Izham, pula berkata beliau amat kesal dengan tindakan pihak kolej yang didakwanya tidak mahu bertanggungjawab dalam menyelesaikan masalah itu.

“Saya amat kecewa dan rasa terkejut apabila kolej ini disita. Anak saya dah pun belajar hampir separuh jalan dan saya dapati pihak pengurusan kolej juga seolah-olah bersikap lepas tangan,” katanya.

Rabu lepas, kolej MIIM yang diletakkan di bawah pengurusan Cosmofocus disita oleh Mahkamah Seksyen Kuala Lumpur apabila gagal melangsaikan sewa premis berkenaan selama 12 bulan yang berjumlah RM524,280.

Source : MStar