Compiled by C. ARUNO, KHOO JIAN TENG and R. ARAVINTHAN
ABOUT 100 Chinese postgraduate students have been unable to graduate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) amid an investigation into suspected falsification of their admission documents, Sin Chew Daily reported.
A female student, who declined to be named, said the affected students had enrolled in the university’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme in March and October 2025.
After completing their courses, they discovered that they could not access their results through the university’s online portal.
They were subsequently told to retake an English language test in July after their certificates were suspected of being falsified.
“If there was a problem with our admission documents, shouldn’t the university have checked them first? Why admit us in the first place?” the student asked.
More than 30 students, some of whom had travelled from China to Malaysia to resolve the matter, lodged a police report at the Kajang district police headquarters on Oct 8.
They also met representatives from UKM and the Chinese Embassy.
UKM said it had received reports that some of the English language certificates submitted by students had been falsified.
In a statement, the university said it was investigating the matter and seeking verification from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
It urged students whose certificates were confirmed to have been falsified to sit for the Higher Education English Test (HEET) organised by UKM.
Those who achieved Level 8 or above would be allowed to graduate.
“This measure is not intended to prevent international students from graduating, but rather to ensure that every candidate meets the established requirements and to maintain the integrity and credibility of university certificates,” UKM said.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
