malaysiakini.com — Upon the insistence of the police, the protesters dismantled four of their tents at around noon but have refused to budge further.   The students stayed on after the rally yesterday where some 500 university students marched through Kuala Lumpur from Masjid Jamek LRT station, through Jalan Raja Laut to Dataran Merdeka.   The protesters are demanding the abolition of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN), a national scholarship scheme which they deemed exploitative.

globalvoicesonline.org — The April 28 Bersih 3.0 sit-down protest is expected to be the major political event of the month in Malaysia but students and Occupy activists have already put forward their demands ahead of time.   Early this month, hundreds of students marched in the streets demanding the abolition of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) - Malaysian student loan scheme – which students criticized as an exploitative and anti-poor commercialization scheme. Instead of loans with high interest rates, they wanted free education.