Three Uni. students suspended

31 May 2011 06:56 am

Three students of the South Eastern University have been suspended following a protest staged during the visit of Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake to the university yesterday, Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) said.

According to IUSF Convener Sanjeewa Bandara the students had staged a protest objecting to the Minister’s arrival at the university premises to participate in a graduation ceremony of external-degree holders. “Several officers of the STF had assaulted a student and threatened the students to stop the protest and three students had been arrested,” Bandara added. (Lakna Paranamanna & Rifthi Ali)