PETALING JAYA: MIC Youth has warned popular blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin not to make seditious claims without checking the facts.
This was in response to Raja Petra's claim, published on the Malaysia Today website, that Barisan Nasional candidate P Kamalanathan's degree could have been forged.
“This is a false claim, and the issue was raised with the intention to soil the reputation of the BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election,” said MIC Youth chief T Mohan in a statement.
Earlier, Mohan held a joint press conference with Olympia College's academic director Chan Chee Seng, who confirmed that Kamalanathan had done a twinning programme with the institution.
Chan said Kamalanathan, 44, was a student with Olympia between 2003 and 2004 and successfully completed his course to obtain a bachelors degree in mass communication.
He said the candidate's name is listed in the Edith Cowan University (ECU) alumni, and to verify this on the varsity's search engine, his name must be typed as “P.Kamalanathan /P.Panchanathan”.
In view of this, Mohan said there is no reason to raise this issue again.
'Unprofessional campaign'
The MIC Youth chief stressed that just because Raja Petra is a supporter of PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim, it does not give him the right to make seditious claims.
“This also shows Pakatan Rakyat has mounted an unprofessional and immature campaign for the by-election.
“Their campaign has hit a brick wall, forcing them to exploit baseless issues,” he said, adding that MIC Youth is looking into the possibility of taking legal action against Raja Petra.
After questions were raised about his academic qualification, Kamalanathan posted his degree certificate on his blog.
Yesteday, Raja Petra claimed that he did a search on the ECU website and could not locate Kamalanathan's name.
He then raised the possibility of whether the degree could have been forged.
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