A number of fresh medical graduates have claimed they had already received their housemanship placements before they found out they were not allowed to practise medicine in the country due to a gazetting issue related to their university.

A group of 123 medical graduates from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) said they had successfully registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and applied for the Public Services Commission around December 2020 and January 2021.

They claimed they had also...