Arif Shah to People : Get your bogus PhD first. If kantoi, then retract.
Barisan Nasional Permatang Pauh candidate Arif Shah Omar Shah has stopped pursuing his PhD degree after questions were raised over his academic credentials.
“The PhD is not recognised, so I have quit. I am finding a paper that is recognised,” he told Malaysiakini when met at the sidelines of his election campaign on Tuesday.
He was asked to respond to questions raised on the Internet, asking how he could pursue a doctorate degree when he possessed only a diploma and no other intermediating qualification.
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An English daily had carried a profile of Arif Shah’s educational background, reporting that he was a diploma holder in civil engineering and currently pursuing a PhD at the ‘Edison University of Technology (off-campus programme).
The report sparked debate among bloggers who could not verify his academic credentials as they could not find his university name on the Internet.
The 52-year-old Seberang Jaya state assemblyperson clarified the university should be ‘Edision University of Technology’, a university registered in the British Virgin Islands offering distance learning courses.
Registered in British Virgin Islands
After checking the Internet and a local industry expert, Malaysiakini found the university has been accused of being a bogus diploma mill.
The local expert, who asked for anonymity, pointed out that the address of the university’s international distance learning centre is shared by hundreds of other companies.
It is believed the address belongs to a company secretary.
“It is a rare practice for a university to list its company secretary’s address, what more it is registered in the British Virgin Islands,” said the expert.
According to the expert, the islands, which are located in Carribean to the east of Puerto Rico, are known as a centre for the registration for more than half a million offshore companies.
Apart from that, the only accreditation given to the university came from the World Association of Universities and Colleges (WAUC), according to the university’s website.
WAUC is a global accreditation association founded to establish and promote global standards in higher education among colleges and universities worldwide.
However, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has listed WAUC as a ‘fraudulent or unrecognised accreditor’, claiming it could be working hand in hand with institutions offering fraudulent or substandard degrees.
An American students’ newspaper, the Daily Iowan also reported that WAUC had been sued by University of California in 1999 for breach of contract and fraud. The University of California claims to have been duped into becoming a WAUC member.
According to Arif, he did his diploma at the Federal Institute of Technology in Kuala Lumpur.
Domain registered in Penang?
Server location
Querying the domain eut.org.uk will show that the domain name was registered using local registrant address in Penang. The server itself is located in Puchong, Selangor. This further up the question whether the “University” was setup for local politicians, perhaps BN, to easily grab any kind of certificates and brag about it on the election and campaigns.
People also like to know if Arif Shah drop out from the “University” because of it credential, then why he on the first place mention it to the media?
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this guy is funny..a true scapegoat from UMNo la’natullah..!!
What is this person named Arif Shah trying to do, and who is he trying to cheat. Will trying to fake a PhD make him a smarter person. Look at his brother Amin Shah. It is because he gets to cleaver, that he failed miserably in business.
bang.malu kat budak kita baang.contoh apa nie kat anak-2.sudah-sudahlah tu
UMNO = BN = Perasuah = Pembelot = PENIPU
wakak… wakak… wakak… wakak…wakak
Sayonara UMNO / BN
Kami akan bersama-sama DSAI berarak dari Permatang Pauh menuju ke Putrajaya
Allah Hu.
Alamak Bro…setakat nak masuk politik….ngaku lepas SPM pun tak per……orang tak marah. Tak yah ler nak ngaku sampai langut-langut naik PhD. Nak title Dr. ambik jer doctorate doctor homeopathy. ada jugak title Dr. kat depan. University Colombo ada offer….RM 25,000.00 pakej siap dengan dissertation, sijil yang sah dan nama dalam database they all.
Bro…ni zaman IT. Information is POWER.
Ni la klu nak mohong sgt,maap la arip ooiii,aku memang tak pangkah hang
yang ni lagi satu citer bohong…ckap konon blajaq sampai Phd..piiiiieeelar mabuk aku dah nek bosan gan pelakon tambahan umno ni dulu dwg hantaq ustaz kalah kat tangan ibu (DSWA) skang ni plak hntaq Phd tawlah nak habaq par gan dwg ni betui..betuii duk gilar depa ni..
Pordah…ini mamak juga, bangsa aku
nak jadi melayu , india pun boleh , apa susah??
ini video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgxUf8Os1M4
DSAI,
aku nak tau,
Adakah DSAI akan mengiktiraf rejim zionis/israel sebagai sebuah negara JIKA dapat jadikk PM?
Apakah Pendirian DSAI?Adakah seperti GUS DUR?Sblm pengundi PP44 memangkah,boleh berikan jawapan pendirian DSAI?TQ
Pendirian DSAI perihal perkara ini selalu dijelaskan dalam siri ceramahnya. Sila lihat semua video2 ceramahnya di Youtube atau Google Video. Boleh juga dapaktkan cd2 ceramahnya yang dijual.
ahmadhelmibahari
Hang ni mcm totok BN laaaa……tanya benda bengap.kenapa hang tanya dalam negeri punya isu harga minyak ka…kes bunuh ka…kes fabrication evidence ka..kes hakim VK Lingan meddling around ka….
kenapa tak tanya BN kenapa nak jaja dubur @ ‘pungkoq’ kalau parti ni ada kredibiliti ?? …kes altantuya… rakyat bengong cam hangpa ni lah yg BN suka….senang kena exploit…apa la tahap hang punya otak ni..tanya benda yang bukan-bukan…nak kata bengap at least hang ngaji..at least SPM macam calon BN la…kenapa tak tanya semua rakyat malaysia yg layak mengundi boletak jadi agen amerika ???? pertanyaan bodoh alang camni untuk budak tak sekolah ja ….loklaq betui hang…budaya nak takut-takutkan org ni TAKTIK zaman kuno dah woooi.bahadut….!!!
KENAPA HANG NI TAK BELAJAR & ADA IQ SIKIT….???ORANG LAIN DAH TERKEDEPAN HANG PAKAI CARA LOKLAQ LAGI…AWAT NI BODOH KAYU KA…???
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