A final-year student from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) has defended the recent burning of a caricature of Anwar Ibrahim during an anti-corruption protest in Kota Kinabalu.

Suara Mahasiswa UMS spokesperson Fadhil Kasim compared the act to the prime minister’s days as a student activist half a century ago.

He said the act, which he carried out with another protester, echoed the fiery demonstrations once led by...