Attention to KL motorcyclist using the Federal Highway… it has been brought to my attention that there are suspected malicious act of people putting nails on the motorcycle lane along the Federal Highway (near Carlsberg) each morning to ‘find’ victims with punctured tyres and charged them expensive fees to change their tyres.
A reader has alerted me that two of her staff were injured because of the accidents, and I believe there are more injury cases that went under the carpet. These dirty tactics are not something new, but has been happening for years; it’s pathetic to see people risking other’s life for some easy money.
If you have fell victim to this trap, do report to the police. They might ignore one or two cases, but they will take action if they received more cases… our police are not as lazy as some might believe, there are still good cops around. They might not be able to prevent these gimmicks from happening all together, but they could at least reduce the incident in short term.
I have written to TheStar about this, hopefully they could publish the alert on their paper. Meanwhile, do warn your motorcyclist friends about the trap, and be careful if you are a motorcyclist.
A letter from reader Hafiz Ismail…
Bogus University Operated by Malaysian on BBC
Everyday the Malaysian image to the world are tainted by works of con artists and the people holding office in our country are not doing anything to stop these people from operating. It is a sad day for higher education in Malaysia, and the lobbying to make Malaysia a centre of global educational excellence.
Just like setitik nila merosakkan susu sebelanga, these fraudsters are mockering the genuine degree holders and legitimate institutes of higher learning in our country.
Uncle Lim had wrote in his blog about these bogus universities not long ago. Now the BBC and other medias in the UK are carrying news and investigative reports on bogus universities, including the one Uncle Lim pointed out. These reports did mention the fraudster’s name, where he comes from (Malaysia). Anyone who reads these news may have second thoughts about education in Malaysia.
I for one, is truly ashamed.
Feel free to surf to the websites below. The one on BBC is particularly interesting as the investigation was carried out by a BBC reporter who went undercover. A 2 part video are included on the website.
BBC ll Guardian ll Accountancyage ll Timnesonline ll Personneltoday
These blog entries were written by fellow Malaysian individuals and educationists, Tony and Idlan, who did their own investigation:
link 1 ll link 2 ll link 3 ll link 4
These educationists have done their investigation long before BBC did theirs, as Uncle Lim had written his entry as well, but no one takes serious action on the fraudsters. It is ironic that rather than taking action, some people (artists, millionaires, attention seekers, and politicians) are glorifying these fake degree mills.
And the media to promote them further.
A very sad day for Malaysia.
Kind regards,
Hafiz Ismail.
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