Ministry to tighten security of university online application

JOHOR BARU: The Higher Education Ministry will look into tightening security on the public university online application website to prevent cases of tampering.

Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said his ministry would look into the matter of upgrading the security system on the website.

“I am waiting to hear from the Higher Education Department on the steps that can be taken.

“This is probably the first time such a thing has happened,” he said responding to three students in Gopeng who claimed their online application for public universities was tampered.

Mohamed Khaled said that with hundreds of thousands of applications being submitted, it was possible for pranks to occur.

The students should refer the matter to the Higher Education Department to find out details about their case, he said.

He also questioned why the students had gone to the press instead of highlighting the matter to the ministry.

Former SMK Seri Teja students Chow Hon Mun, 21, Chai Yick Loong, 21, and Ang Chun Heng, 20, who received their STPM results recently, were horrified to find all their eight choices filled with Islamic Studies.

They lodged police reports after they realised they were unable to make changes to the details on the online application website.

They claimed they had received SMSes from an unidentified person who admitted to making the changes to their applications

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