MCA president Wee Ka Siong accused Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor Noor Azuan Abu Osman of sidestepping the concerns of Malaysians over public university admissions.

In a statement today, he criticised Noor Azuan and the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) for still presenting the matter as being about internationalisation and how foreign students help improve rankings and research visibility.

“This argument completely evades the central and most important issue, which is...