Overview
- UI said the 16 law students are suspended pending an investigation and barred from classes and most campus access to keep them away from victims and witnesses.
- Screenshots posted Sunday showed vulgar remarks, rape jokes and the objectification of women, targeting at least 27 people including seven lecturers, according to a victims’ lawyer.
- Students held a packed forum where the accused apologized under questioning, and the student union called for expulsions and formal ethics hearings.
- The higher education minister and the women’s empowerment minister pledged oversight and victim protection, while the national women’s commission urged criminal proceedings rather than only internal discipline.
- Reports of similar conduct at other top campuses prompted apologies and sanctions, and new data from an education watchdog counted 233 violence cases in schools and universities this year with nearly half involving sexual abuse.