Wipe Out Plagiarism Urges Council Of Heads Of Varsities

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Universiti Utara Malaysia board of directors’ chairman Sudin Haron. (Facebook pic)ALOR SETAR: The Council of Chairmen of Public University Boards of Directors (MPLPU) views seriously plagiarism activities which are becoming more rampant among academicians in Malaysian universities
Universiti Utara Malaysia board of directors’ chairman Sudin Haron, who is also MPLPU chairman, said the habit of plagiarising other people’s work should be seen as a serious academic breach of trust
“Internal investigations should be initiated, disciplinary action should be taken against the individual or group who copied or put their names on other people’s work,” Bernama reported him as saying in a statement here today
He was commenting on an article titled “Publish or Perish, or just steal it: A peek into academic theft in Malaysian universities” published in a portal yesterday
Sudin said this issue should be given serious attention to ensure the development of high-quality human capital with integrity
“Currently, all universities have clear rules on this matter and there is a special app to ascertain the authenticity of the academic works
“The process to eradicate plagiarism will continue to be the main agenda of all universities so that the academia of the country will not be looked down upon,” he said
Recently, FMT reported that a Yemeni studying in a public university in Malaysia had accused one of his two PhD supervisors of stealing his research paper
He told FMT the paper was published last year on the university’s official website under the names of the supervisors, but he attributed the alleged theft to only one of them
The student says he complained to the university’s management, but it had yet to act on it. - FMT

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