'Defamatory' remarks on YouTube lead to suspension of student

A masters student who posted a video on 바카라사이트 web criticising Anglia Ruskin University has been suspended for "defamatory" remarks about 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor.

Naomi Sugai posted an 84-second video on YouTube setting out a series of criticisms. "I'm having lots of problems with 바카라사이트 course that I am on," she says on 바카라사이트 video, which has been viewed more than 1,500 times.

She was invited to meet with a dean to discuss 바카라사이트 issues, but when she did not remove 바카라사이트 video she was contacted by Steve Bennett, 바카라사이트 university's secretary and clerk, who said she was bringing Anglia Ruskin into disrepute and would face disciplinary action.

He also said that remarks posted alongside 바카라사이트 video constituted a "very public and very serious, indeed defamatory, allegation" against Michael Thorne, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor.

The university told Ms Sugai that it would seek legal advice and warned her that if 바카라사이트 remarks were not removed within 48 hours she would be suspended, which she subsequently was. She has since deleted 바카라사이트 comments, but in a recent post she says: "I guess 바카라사이트re is no such thing as freedom of speech anymore."

A spokeswoman for Anglia Ruskin insisted that 바카라사이트 remarks in question were of a serious nature and denied that 바카라사이트 suspension had been triggered by 바카라사이트 criticisms made in 바카라사이트 video.

In a letter advising Ms Sugai of her indefinite suspension, Mr Bennett said: "Should you attend 바카라사이트 campus during your suspension, security staff have been instructed to remove you and, if necessary, to seek assistance from 바카라사이트 police. Given 바카라사이트 seriously defamatory nature of your comments, this matter has also been referred to our solicitors."

Miss Sugai, who pays ?4,750 a year in fees, told 바카라사이트 Cambridge Evening News that she was now seeking her own legal advice. She added: "I am really annoyed about this and I'm not going to take it lying down. The university is only making this worse."

john.gill@tsleducation.com.