MIC lodges report against Ridhuan

Party's youth wing wants police to investigate Ridhuan for plagiarism.

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC Youth secretary C Sivarraajjh lodged a police report against National Defence University (UPNM) academic Ridhuan Tee Abdullah for alleged plagiarism.

“We want the police, Higher Education Ministry to investigate this allegation against Ridhuan which first surfaced last week.

“The university and Civil Service Commission (SPA) must take against him if the allegation is found to be true,” said C Sivarraajjh outside Sentul police station where he lodged the report.

The report was lodged based on news report in FMT yesterday. Airil who is UTM’s civil engineering senior lecturer said that he is awaiting advice from his university’s legal team.

Sivarraajjh also attached a copy of the article, and an earlier one under the heading, ‘Ministry: No response against Ridhuan’, in his police report.

Ridhuan plagiarised Airil’s work to complete the university’s individual assessment course that was conducted from May to June 2010.

While Sivarraajjh acknowledged that there was no specific law against plagiarism in Malaysia, he said it was highly unbecoming of an academic to copy other people’s work.

He claimed that In 2011, there were 150 cases of plagiarism in which painted a shameful and negative view of the Malaysian academia.

Another report to be lodged with MACC

In a related development MIC strategic director, S Vell Paari, said that he is mulling legal options of his own while awaiting a response to an ultimatum he issued to his party.

Vell Paari had dared party president G Palanivel to act against Ridhuan, failing which he threatened to get MIC members to support Pakatan in the 13th general election.

Vell Paari said: “Today’s police report and Ridhuan’s plagiarised work will be handed over to Ministry of Higher of Education on Thursday for them to start their own investigation.

“MIC Youth will lodge another report with the Majlis Professor Negara (MPN) and MACC against Ridhuan on Thursday,” he said.

“I would like to also request commentators to refrain from hitting out at Ridhuan simply because he is a Muslim. Please don’t make derogatory comments about Islam,” he added.

Vell Paari, nevertheless, questioned why Perkasa was so supportive of Ridhuan.

“To Frog Boy Ibrahim Ali and his Perkasa tadpoles, you claim to fight for the right of Malays, well Ridhuan just stole the work of a Malay.

“Does Ibrahim and his tadpoles support Ridhuan’s theft of Mr Airil’s work?” asked Vell Paari.