Born the son of a stern headmaster in the northern state of Kedah in 1925, young Mahathir was a hardworking student, the winner year after year of the English prize and editor of the school magazine.
When it came to speaking English, 20 of 50 sampled certificates - the university's seal of approval for a student - showed evidence that their English had not been properly tested.
The court was told the first year English student at the University of Manchester was marched to a park where he was forced to hand over his bank card and pin number in the early hours of 28 February.
The body of teenaged Indian student Souvik Pal, who was found dead after going missing in the English city of Manchester, has been cremated after arriving in the city of Bangalore.
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The UK Border Agency said it took the action because the university was not making proper checks on its overseas students - that it did not keep records of whether they had the required standard of English to be given a student visa or whether they were attending lectures.
None of them claims to have been a particularly strong English student.
First year English and drama student Fotini Efstathiou from Southampton, recently moved out of one of the cabins.
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At previous gatherings he has stuck to French, using an interpreter to translate into English, despite the fact that he has a good understanding of English, having spent time in his youth as a Harvard student and forklift driver at a US brewery.
The 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests showed that overall English pupils came 28th for maths out of 65 countries.
Joseph Fessio, a theology student of Ratzinger's at the University of Regensburg from 1972-74, and now the English-language publisher of his books.
The city said its evaluation plans included things like the implementation and use of student feedback surveys as well as specific considerations for teachers who are dealing with students who are English language learners and students with disabilities.
Ms Sumani's lack of English prevented her from pursuing the course and she went to find work which contravened her student visa.
"English is quite important for most of us, " gushed Duan Xin, an 18-year-old biology student who goes by the English moniker Duncan.
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