Minister warns false claims of 60,000 backdoor entries risk eroding trust in higher education (opens original article in a new tab)

Malaysia's Higher Education Minister denounced false claims of 60,000 backdoor university admissions as damaging to public trust, emphasizing the merit-based admission system and demanding evidence for such allegations.

• Higher Education Minister Zambry Abd Kadir called false claims of 60,000 backdoor university admissions baseless and damaging to public trust
• Minister stated the admission system is merit-based and transparent, urging allegations to be supported by evidence
• Several public universities have filed police reports to investigate the claims legally