Does Parti Pribumi believe it's OK to lie?

Channel NewsAsia - Bersatu leaders defend Malaysian deputy foreign minister accused of having 'fake Cambridge’ degree:

Face of a "Cambridge" graduate 

KUALA LUMPUR: Senior figures from the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) on Thursday (Feb 7) defended Deputy Foreign Minister Marzuki Yahya, after a police report was filed against him over "fake" academic qualifications.

It comes after political activist Muhsin Abdul Latheef lodged a police report against Mr Marzuki for giving the impression that he graduated from the prestigious University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

The deputy minister later clarified that his degree was from the US-based Cambridge International University, sparking calls from the opposition for his resignation.

On Thursday, PPBM supreme council member Tariq Ismail said the deputy minister should not be judged solely on his degree.

Tariq Ismail
Parti Pribumi supreme council member

“From his humility and hard work, I’d hire the one from fake Cambridge. The real Cambridge, I'd throw them in the river because they think they own the world and the world has to continuously chase them,” he was quoted as saying by The Star.

“A degree is just a piece of paper that gets you into the workplace. The rest is up to you,” he added.

For a start, let's get the Parti Pribumi masking (deceptive) BS out of the way. No one is judging nor would have questioned Marzukli Yahya on his qualifications or lack of.

It has been his MISREPRENTATION that we are pissed with and now questioning, namely, that which has compelled political activist Muhsin Abdul Latheef lodged a police report against Mr Marzuki for giving the impression that he graduated from the prestigious University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Muhsin Abdul Latheef 

Only when under pressure, probing and persistent questioning did Marzuki Yahya 'fess up much much later, admitting that his degree was from the US-based Cambridge International University, alleged to be a dodgy diploma mill and one not accredited by the US Department of Education.

Why BS in the first place which led people like Muhsin Abdul Latheef to probe and probe and probe?

Muhsin revealed that he queried Marzuki only because many people who knew Marzuki wondered and talked about how said deputy minister was able obtain a degree from the UK Cambridge University when he hadn't even left Malaysia.

is Cambridge University in Yan, Kedah?
wakakaka 

If Marzuki had been frank and truthful in the first place, no one would have bardy bothered.

And Tariq Ismail, Parti Pribumi supreme council member, has the outrageous temerity, shameless audacity and brazen thicked skin to proclaim, “Having a dubious degree or not having graduated can be a stigma, but as long as people don’t rape or steal, it is fine.”

So this is THE standard of Parti Pribumi?

My FaceBook matey, Loong Wong, wrote (his FB posting slightly edited by me for my Blogger post):

So it's OK to lie, says Pribumi.

It's OK to be NOT accountable, says Bersatu.

It's OK to lie to the rakyat that you are a graduate from Cambridge Univeristy UK.

It's OK to tell potential cronies that you are well-qualified and they will then court you and appoint you to future boards of directorships.

Tariq Ismail says it is not stealing. But yes, it is - by promoting yourself as eminently qualified, you are bumping people off and stealing their seat. Would Marzuki be considered a qualified person had he not touted his dubious credentials?

Tariq Ismail in a BS show of nonsense and defiant defence of the indefensible had even said pompously:

“From his humility and hard work, I’d hire the one from fake Cambridge. The real Cambridge, I'd throw them in the river because they think they own the world and the world has to continuously chase them,”

Wakakaka, for another start, if Marzuki had shown humility he would not have misrepresented his so-called Cambridge degree. So Tariq Ismail, what eff-ing humility were you talking about?

Then I must ask Tariq Ismail why would he throw the 'real' Cambridge graduates into the river?  And where was it that showed the 'real' Cambridge graduates think they own the world?

Hasn't that been a pathetic pitiful pariah-ish demonstration of jealous resentment against the 'real' Cambridge graduates? ... such resentment would usually be from people who don't have 'real' Cambridge degrees.

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!

It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.

Shakespeare, Othello Act 3, Scene 3

Wakakaka.

And the Perlis Mufti, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, has roasted the Pakatan Harapan government for its integrity in appointing a Cabinet minister with fake academic qualifications.

Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin

Dr Asri said, not so much about a lack of degree but about claiming to have a degree which is not as presented (to wit, fake), that: “Any capable government in the world will not allow those among their leadership to possess fake degrees."

“Lying about possessing a degree is a sign of self-dishonesty."

“If any government retained such a member, it means the said government does not really care about integrity.”

Marzuki Yahya is not only unfit to be minister but also unfit to be a senator. He should be sacked from both positions.