Higher Education Ministry will let police investigate case of four students arrested with ganja

KANGAR: The Higher Education Ministry has handed over to the police to investigate a case involving four students of an institute of higher learning who were arrested with the possession of ganja during a raid in Seri Iskandar, Perak last Thursday.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the police would take legal action against the students if they were believed to be involved in the crime.

“Whether it is a student or a non-student, anything that someone does and involves a crime, we leave it to the (police) to take steps that are within the scope of the law,” he told reporters after officiating the Perlis Barisan Nasional (BN) convention here on Saturday (Nov 16).

On Friday (Nov 15), the media reported that police arrested four individuals, including two female students and confiscated ganja during a raid at Seri Iskandar on Thursday.

Acting Perak Police Chief DCP Zulkafli Sariaat was quoted as saying that all the suspects were detained at a doube-storey house at 1.40pm and while checks were carried out in the house, police found 1.92 kilograms of ganja worth RM2,500.

Zambry who is also the BN secretary-general said a detailed report would be prepared to ensure a follow-up action is taken by the Higher Learning Institution involving the case in accordance with the law.

“We see that from time to time we have to deal with such cases, but whatever the situation, most important is that the university and the ministry will take immediate steps,” he said.

He said he often emphasised that the discipline aspect in the campus needs to be taken care of along with the role of student affairs division in the Higher Learning Institution to be improved. – Bernama