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And why not I ask? Perhaps an afternoon on your computer generated Netflix which still runs the outrageous documentary (for its outrageous subject matter) titled "Operation Varsity Blues" - A College Admissions Scandal, you'll find that even the most highly rated of US universities as Harvard are not immune from the practise of self funding through means that are less than legitimate, lawful or moral.

It was widely rumoured (though Wharton at University of Pennsylvania would not confirm) that the infamous Jho Low "purchased" his Wharton MBA through a massive donation to the University from his wealthy developer father.

Many more wealthy Malaysians have "passed through" US universities through these alternative avenues.

When one considers their command of the English language after passing out from prestigious, Australian, US and UK universities the penny begins to drop. Thanks to the Netflix, A College Admission Scandal documentary, that suspicion is laid to rest very quickly.

JP Morgan 'let go' 4 Chinese Malaysians from their trading, analytical and deal making departments when in 2021 it was discovered, that they had falsified their grade point averages and were under federal investigation on suspicion of having substituted persons as candidates to sit for them at their entry (GRE) and final year exams at Universities. Similar investigations are underway at Yale, Wharton, Princeton and Johns Hopkins. There appears to be a link to a source in KL and each of these and other prestigious US universities, the link acting as a conduit for much needed funds from wealthy Chinese Malaysians to these US Universities.

The rate of Asian academic fraud (meaning mainly Chinese) is very high at Western Universities.

How could anyone leave the UK out of this scandal or forget Lord Patel of the UoL being forced to resign from the senate after it was discovered that Seif El Islam Gaddafi was given a doctorate in Engineering under dubious circumstances after he paid Euros 1.5 million to the University?

There was no proof that the two events were connected. But the lack of explanation by the University led to Lord Patel's resignation not wanting to be tainted by association with an institution which could not verify or authenticate a higher degree awarded to a candidate.

The list goes on. So why is it such a scandal that the University of Malaya and other such institutions modelled on western Universities engage in similar practices?

Reputations are about good reputations not failures. Not every graduate of Oxford or Cambridge is an Einstein or Isaac Newton. The vast majority are partially educated rich kids with a 'Hermes Handbag' quality little utility "education". Money doesn't talk. It screams obscenities at those without it.

The Malaysian legal profession and its judges stand testament to the difference between an academic orientation from an expensive university and an education from hard work at any university.

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