Semalam kecoh di media sosial apabila seorang pengguna Twitter @theotherazharal ataupun nama sebenarnya Azhar Ali berkongsi kejayaan beliau mendapat biasiswa NASA.
Perkongsian tersebut mendapat perhatian netizen dan rata-rata mengucapkan tahniah kepada dirinya atas kejayaan yang dikecapi. Malah, Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, dan Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Khairy Jamaluddin turut mengucapkan tahniah dan berbangga dengan pencapaian yang dikecapi oleh beliau.
NASA IS GIVING ME A SCHOLARSHIP !? Ya Allah, I NEVER thought of of this when I joined the Artemis Challenge. Alhamdulillah. The challenge was to design a spacesuit that would adjust to the Artemis 2024 mission to Mars, and thanks to @rafiqhilmi_ ‘s question, I made it. Syukur pic.twitter.com/w6aCahmZdN
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) April 30, 2020
Akan tetapi, kesahihan perkongsian tersebut diragui oleh netizen dan rata-rata netizen mulai untuk mencari kebenaran disebalik perkongsian tersebut. Terdapat yang mendakwa Azhar Ali berbohong akan biasiswa yang diterima dan reka sendiri maklumat tersebut.
And here’s another one – This NASA boy claimed that he wrote this thesis (although he showed the evidence pakai Note dalam phone je) for the program but unfortunately, he copied almost everything from the internet, barring the last few paragraphs.
Apa dia ni 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/FUpgl1rynW
— AsRi (@MohdAsriDungun) May 2, 2020
It’s also very, very weird + worrying that nobody, not even one outlet, is verifying it and merely publishing articles based on a person’s tweets and screenshots.
— azlyn balqis (@lynfunkstar) May 2, 2020
Malah, ada yang mendakwa tiada nama beliau dalam website NASA serta syarat untuk sertai program yang dikatakan bersyarat dimana antaranya adalah perlu berwarganegara atau penduduk tetap Amerika Syarikat.
Hari ini, Azhar Ali dalam satu kenyataan menjelaskan perkara sebenar tentan dakwaan netizen. Beliau mengatakan bahawa beliau sertai pertandingan pakaian NASA dalam kategori gred 9-12 dan telah menghantar penyertaan tersebut.
and waited for the best upon submission two weeks later. Upon another two weeks, I received an email claiming that I’ve been selected as top 1%. Out of content, I shared this great news with my friends.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
was given a link to a portal in which I was able to select a photo for my so call recognition the first indication that I was a potential Victim of Scam. I took a screenshot from the link as I wanted you guys to get a glimpse of how things would look like.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
Beliau menerima email mengatakan rekaan beliau terpilih sebagai top 1% pada 2 minggu selepas itu. Kemudian, beliau turut menerima email dari NUS tetapi bukanlah dari domain NUS dan disebabkan rasa mungkin ditipu membuatkan beliau menghubungi pihak NUS.
Tambah Azhar, beliau juga sudah menghubungi pihak NASA untuk mendapatkan pengesahan sama ada beliau mendapat biasiswa atau tidak di laman rasmi NASA. Beliau juga meminta agar orang ramai berhenti untuk membuat kenyataan yang tidak benar bagi pihaknya.
On top of that, I raised the matter to NASA in their official website to further secure its entitlement. Using this opportunity, I would also like to make a request for people to stop making false statements on my behalf.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
What we, myself included, can learn from this is that we should always check for authenticity before engaging or posing any form of news to the public. I’m not going to apologise upon being a Victim of a Scam.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
Selain itu, beliau tidak akan meminta maaf kerana beliau adalah mangsa penipuan. Sementara itu, beliau berterima kasih kepada anda yang mengucapkan tahniah kepada dirinya sebelum ini.
This can lead to depression and potential suicide as we can see teen suicide are rising due to depression. I would like to thank my parents who give me courage and guided me.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
I would also want to thank my friends who have dearly supported me through these tough times, and the people who congratulated me. I would also want to thank the individuals who point out the flaws and sense of realisation into me.
— Saturn 🪐 (@theotherazharal) May 3, 2020
Pastinya perkara ini mengejutkan ramai pihak dan apakah pandangan anda mengenai isu ini?
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