It’s about merit, student body says on Edward Wong issue
A student association has hit out at those seeking to politicise and racialise the failure of an STPM top scorer to secure a spot in Universiti Malaya’s accountancy course, describing them as “irresponsible”.
The National Student Consultative Council Alumni Association (Alumni MPPK) said Edward Wong’s failure to secure a place in the programme had nothing to do with discrimination but was the result of “healthy competition” among top scorers.
It said official data showed an increase in the number of SPM top scorers from 2019 to 2024, saying this made the selection of students for critical courses such as accountancy, medicine and law “even more competitive”.
“It is unreasonable to politicise the issue by claiming that the system is obscure and racist.
“Meritocracy must be respected and students need to be realistic and accept the fact…
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