KOTA KINABALU: A 15-year-old boy appears to have pulled off a prank leading his teachers into believing that he won an award from Internet giant Google.
Yusrim Karim had told his teachers at SMK Merpati in Sandakan about his achievement, which Google Malaysia denied following reports of his “feat”.
But his prank is not going down well with educationists as Sabah Education Department director Datuk Jame Alip has ordered an investigation.
“I have asked the Sandakan District Education Office to give a report about this,” he said on Thursday.
Google Malaysia communications and public affairs department head Zeffri Yusof said the teen’s claim of the award was false.
“It appears to be an unfortunate misunderstanding,” he added.
On Wednesday, the Form Three student told the school that he had received a US$50,000 (RM184,910) award from Google Ideas over his instantaneous translation app.
Yusrim claimed that he had received the award last December and only told his teachers recently.
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