19/09/2026
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT RELATED TO A THEATER INCIDENT INVOLVING MOCKERY OF RUKUN NEGARA
Assalamualaikum WBT, Salam Sejahtera and Salam Perpaduan,
Sekretariat Rukun Negara IIUM, together with several SRNs throughout Malaysia and other student bodies, would like to express our concern and disappointment towards an incident involving a theater performance that mocked the principles of Rukun Negara and incite hatred among Malaysians, which was a past incident but once again circulated by some irresponsible parties.
As students, we believe that differences of opinion, criticism, and creativity are part of a mature social democracy. However, the freedom must be exercised and benefitted to shape mutual understanding and harmonization, not to enlargen the societal gap. Rukun Negara is a National Ideology that must remain to be the property of all Malaysians.
Sincerely from,
SRN IIUM 2025/2026