KUALA  LUMPUR, Feb 24: Recent exchanges over Twitter between Higher Education minister  Khaled Nordin and his deputy Saifuddin Abdullah have pointed to a friction  between the two with regards to the government's approach to anti-establishment  students.
L-R: Khaled and his deputy Saifuddin ... the latter's more accomodating approach drew praise from student groups
Saifuddin, who has been praised by a section of students unions for his less antagonistic stand, had responded to Khaled's remarks chiding 'opposition politics' for being based on "cheats, lies and fabrication".
“A struggle becomes despicable when it is based on cheats, lies and  fabrication. It’s akin to opposition politics,” said Khalid in a Twitter post  yesterday, not naming his target of anger.
Saifuddin had then asked his  boss to who he had referred to.
“Dato, who’s despicable?” Saifuddin  twitted.
"Some people just loved chaos, thinking they could emerge as  heroes," came Khaled's reply.
Saifuddin had earlier expressed regret  over a scuffle at Universiti Putra Malaysia following the University's decision  to annul the election victory there of 11 candidates alligned to the  anti-establishment minded group, Pro-Mahasiswa (Pro-M), leaving six students  injured and some damages.
“If TNC HEP (Deputy Vice Chancellor) had met  the students, the incident could be avoided,” he said.
UPM's deputy vice  chancellor Dr Mohd Fauzi Ramlan said he would not press charges against the  students but rubbished demands for him to issue an apology.
“I did no  wrong, why should I apologise?” he asked.
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