BN student internship programme chief Razali Ibrahim today said that all students have a right to mount legal challenges against disciplinary actions by their universities, but warned that the issue should not be politicised.

"There is no problem, they have a right to do that but don't politicise the issue.

"They have to remember that they are still students and so their actions will bring about future consequences," said Razali, a deputy minister in the prime minister's department.

He said this during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, when asked for comments on legal challenges mounted by five students who faced disciplinary actions over participation in last August's "Tangkap MO1" rally and Bersih 5.

Razali had since 2011 led BN's Mahasiswa Turun Parlimen (Mantap) internship programme where selected undergraduates are assigned to 'shadow' a member of parliament for two months.

"We all must live by the rules and it (disciplinary actions) has nothing to do with me (government) or Mantap.

"All universities have its own disciplinary boards. To me, we must follow the rules. If we break it, then we face the consequences," he said, adding that the students would also have an internal appeal mechanism.

According to Kesatuan Mahasiswa Malaysia chairperson Anis Syafiqah Md Yusof, since late last year, 13 university students have been sentenced or made to face their universities' disciplinary boards.

Anis Syafiqah, along with two other student activists, have been suspended for a semester by Universiti Malaya for their involvement in the "Tangkap MO1" rally.

The other two are Mohd Luqman Hakim Fazli and Mohamad Luqman Nul Haqim Zul Razali, while another student activist, Suhail Wan Azhar, was fined RM400.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia student Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi was also suspended for one semester over involvement in the rally which called for actions against the individual identified as "Malaysian Official One" in the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) suits over 1MDB.

All five of them had filed an originating summons in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, seeking an order that the disciplinary actions against them were unconstitutional.

Razali, together with BN Backbenchers Club chairperson Shahrir Samad, earlier witnessed the signing of an agreement between Mantap and Indienomics - a local entrepreneurship movement - to provide further internship opportunities for students and graduates.

Indienomics coordinator Mutalib Othman, who is also a local publisher under Dubook Press, said the cooperation would pave the way for more youths to eventually set-up their own businesses.

Also present were Matrade chairperson Noraini Ahmad and representatives from Indienomics' network of local entrepreneurs.