ANOTHER Pakatan Harapan member has allegedly lied about obtaining a degree.

Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian came under fire after it was reported that he ignored media questions regarding his accounting degree obtained from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

According to The New Straits Times, Osman merely smiled when asked by reporters about the matter after a Chinese New Year function in Kulai today.

Checks on the Johor government’s website showed that Osman has both a degree and diploma in accounting from the university.

It however does not state when these certificates were obtained.

Critics on social media have also claimed that there is no record of Osman having graduated from UPM.

Social media users backed up  their claim with a screenshot showing Osman’s name absent from the university’s official website.

Meanwhile, Sinar Harian said that UPM was checking its records to see if Osman was one of its graduates.

Osman is the second Bersatu leader to be targeted over his academic background after Bersatu secretary-general Marzuki Yahya was slammed for having a dubious degree.

Marzuki, who previously said he had a degree from the United Kingdom’s University of Cambridge via a distance learning programme, yesterday admitted that it was actually from the US’ Cambridge International University.

The American institution has since come under scrutiny, with increased suspicion that it is a “diploma mill” awarding degrees with little to no actual study involved.

Cambridge International University, on its website, admitted that it is not accredited.

The site said the varsity offers 150 programmes, but only 12 faculty members and 13 adjunct faculty members are listed. – February 9, 2019.