The Education Ministry has requested Universiti Malaya (UM) to explain the claim that students from a private college have been admitted into its medical faculty.

Saying he was unaware of the matter, Education Minister Musa Mohamad called on the university to act immediately and clear the doubt.

"If the university do not want to comment, I will respond on the matter once I have the correct information," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this morning. The university and college had refused to clarify the claim.