{
  "id": 2133422,
  "title": "General : MAAC Calls For New Law Replacing AUKU To Guarantee Academic Freedom, Autonomy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/general-maac-calls-for-new-law-replacing-auku-to-guarantee-academic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:39:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2597100"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Academic Association Congress (MAAC) has proposed that the new legal framework replacing the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU) 1971 must guarantee academic freedom and strengthen university autonomy, without diminishing the existing rights, protections and welfare of staff.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}