Khaled: Local unis not party to fake degress

Yesterday, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin told Bernama that Malaysian unis are not issuing fake PhDs, and that there are no lecturers with fake PhDs teaching at any local public or private university.

Ok, we get it, we don't have to worry about our kids being taught by lecturers with 'bogus' degrees. I suppose 'bogus' lecturers who fake papers and books (i.e. plagiarise) are more credible examples? Seems to be the case with the lecturers at UPM who got away scot free despite media exposure of their wrong-doing (word on the street is that they were outed by a fellow academic).

Over tea yesterday, a friend remarked rather candidly that the two lecturers would have been strung up if they hadn't belonged to a certain ethnic group. Assuming my friend's allegations are true, given that these lecturers also teach students from their own ethnic group, aren't they setting a poor example to their youth as well? Are all the efforts being taken by the PM and rest of government to liberalise the NEP destined to fail , due to a few (but costly) incidents like these which brand the country negatively?