PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA - Several more groups of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) students, this time from Segamat, Butterworth, Bukit Mertajam, Alor Gajah, Arau, Bandar Jenka, Sungei Petani and Kuala Terengganu, joined fellow students in Selangor and Ipoh to protest against any proposal for the university to open its doors to non-bumiputras.

UiTM's corporate affairs coordinator Jafri Jawahir said that besides the protest, the students also launched a signature campaign.

The students, together with the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, will submit the protest signatures to the Prime Minister soon, he said.