LEARN FROM MAT SABU & ZURAIDA – THEY NEVER STOOPED SO LOW AS TO LIE ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS: THE PROBLEM WITH MARZUKI & OSMAN SAPIAN – A BERSATU-UMNO GENETIC DISORDER?

Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu has rubbished allegations that he has a fake degree or diploma, saying that he never graduated from a higher education institution in the first place.

“Some people say I have a degree in culinary arts. I never said that.

“Truth is, I never completed my studies at ITM (Mara Institute of Technology). They kicked me out.

“Maybe it’s because I am good at cooking, so people think it’s something I learnt in college,” Mohamad was quoted as saying by Free Malaysia Today.

Claims about Mohamad having fake academic qualifications have been making the rounds on social media, following similar allegations about Deputy Foreign Minister Marzuki Yahya.

Mohamad’s culinary skills have been praised by the likes of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Mahathir had quipped that the Amanah leader was a good chef because he had been sent to learn how to cook in Taiping.

This was in reference to Mohamad’s detention under the now-defunct Internal Security Act in the late 1980s.

Zuraida: I never claimed to be an NUS graduate

Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has denied being a National University of Singapore (NUS) graduate.

“I have never claimed or held myself to be a graduate of NUS and I have never authorised anyone else to do so,” Zuraida said in a statement today.

Zuraida is one of several Pakatan Harapan government leaders whose academic credentials are being scrutinised by social media.

Many have shared an infographic by Bernama, which listed her as an NUS graduate. The infographic was created when Zuraida was appointed to the cabinet in May last year.

However, Zuraida told Malaysiakini that Bernama did not verify this information with her.

Meanwhile, the PKR vice-president said she is also not responsible for any edits to her Wikipedia page.

Checks by Malaysiakini found that an entry claiming Zuraida is “a social science graduate at one of Singapore’s institutions of higher learning” was keyed in by an anonymous user on Jan 14.

The page then was edited again this afternoon by a user dubbed “Pejuang Umno” to say that Zuraida was a Harvard graduate.

– M’kini