UMS students hold protest over Sabah’s water woes in front of Hajiji’s office

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Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students went ahead with their protest over the state’s water woes on Friday (June 14) despite the absence of a police permit to do so.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/s5pk7ct9  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00University Malaysia Sabah UMS students proceeded with their protest over the state's water

00:08issues on Friday, despite not having a police permit.

00:12The group, numbering fewer than 50, marched approximately five kilometres from the UMS

00:17campus to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Haji Jinur's office at Menara Kinabalu, the state administrative

00:23building, at around 2.30pm amid a heavy police presence.

00:28Joined by NGOs, the students highlighted the severe water problems affecting various

00:33parts of Sabah, not just the UMS campus.

00:37They aimed to meet Hajiji to personally deliver a six-point memorandum demanding immediate

00:43solutions to the state-wide water supply issues.

00:47Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Sahelmi Yahya offered to receive the memorandum on behalf

00:52of the Chief Minister, but the group refused.

00:56The protest coordinator, Muhammad Nurhamdin Nordin, stated they would only hand the memorandum

01:01to Hajiji himself and would sit in front of Menara Kinabalu until he emerged.

01:08Sahelmi suggested the protest might be politically motivated.

01:26Kota Kinabalu Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda informed the group that the Chief

01:43Minister had agreed to meet them next week.

01:45But the students remained steadfast, continuing to voice their demands loudly.

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