I have filed a formal complaint with Curtin on its dubious PhD award to Rosmah Mansor as follows, and posted it on their F acebook page as well.

To Curtin Complaint Unit,

I would like to file a formal complaint, the details of which are outlined below:

I refer to your media release 13 Feb 2012 ‘Curtin award recognises wife of Malaysian prime minister'.

I am a proud parent of a Curtin alumnus. Both my niece and nephew also graduated from Curtin like many of the children of our relatives and friends from Malaysia. Therefore we all hold Curtin in high esteem.

However, Curtin's decision to confer an honorary PhD on Rosmah Mansor is a scandal to put it politely.

It is a gross insult to all the Malaysian alumni of Curtin. As an institution of higher learning you should have known that we don't have a First Lady in Malaysia just as Australia does not have one.

At the apex of our constitutional monarchy we have our King and Queen. His Majesty's cabinet is headed by the prime minister and his wife is known as the prime minister's wife in the same fashion as other heads of Commonwealth governments.

We have six prime ministers since independence and none of their spouses have been known as the First Lady.

This dubious title was created by Rosmah to satisfy her vain glory.

She would also go to great extent to seek publicity like a full page ad in the New York Times to congratulate herself in getting some dubious American award not too long ago.

We all know such awards and citations can be bought. When this matter was brought up in Parliament, her husband, the PM, sheepishly skirted the question in a manner that allowed his wife to continue to masquerade as the First Lady of Malaysia.

If you bother to google her name you would no doubt quickly come to realise that she's is the most hated wife of all our past PMs.

You would also come to know that there have been allegations of links to a murder most foul in Malaysia through circumstantial evidence.

The case is still on-going and you may just find your honorary PhD's name cropping up in the international media from time to time.

She is a serial scandal all by herself. Suffice to say, you may have come across a story in the Sydney Morning Herald about her shopping scandal in Sydney recently.

The basis for Curtin's citation for her is that "she has devoted herself to community life, becoming the driving force behind the Permata project, which focuses on early childhood education and care for Malaysian children aged under five."

Permata is used to convert native children in Sabah and Sarawak from Christianity to Islam. Two thirds of the Christians in Malaysia are made up of natives or indigenous peoples in East Malaysia.

Permata's Islamisation drive is targeted at undermining the church in Malaysia.

The churches in East Malaysia have woken up to this threat and have started to build their own kindergartens and childcare centres instead of sending them to those started by Permata.

I am not asking Curtin to stare at its gift horse in her face, but please do some background checks first.

I would like to know how she was nominated for the award. If my complaint is found valid, an apology is due to Curtin's alumni.