Why the smear campaign, former PNB CEO asks as he defends LSE degree

Former PNB CEO Abdul Jalil Rasheed has questioned the “smear campaign” to discredit him over his academic qualifications and urged Putrajaya to focus on other priorities instead.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a parliamentary reply that the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) had confirmed “inconsistencies” in Jalil’s university degree.

He also said the 38-year-old had...