QUICK TAKE: With Kiki Kamaruddin (Siti Fairrah Ashykin Kamaruddin), we got a taste of what road rage in Malaysia looks like and with Abdul Rahim Jaafar, we apparently see what “classroom rage” in the country is like.
On July 10, Abdul Rahim, a teacher at SK Port Dickson, reportedly threw his shoe at eight-year-old M Sharmini for not paying attention during her moral studies class which resulted in the latter receiving three stitches on her head for the injury.
That did not seem the end of the case for Sharmini, who according to Facebook postings, was recently admitted to hospital after fainting at her home, apparently due to a seizure.
Her parents, according to the posting, do not have a history of seizures.
That naturally begs the question if her condition was brought about due to the trauma of the “shoe-throwing” incident.
In Sharmini’s case, Abdul Rahim allegedly continued to teach although she was bleeding profusely after being hit by his shoe.
Abdul Rahim has since been issued a show-cause letter and transferred to SK Linggi, with the possibility of further action against him soon.
MIC Youth has come to the fore by reportedly saying it will provide legal assistance to Sharmini to file a civil suit against Abdul Rahim.
"Legal aid will be provided free of charge to help the family advocate their rights and to ensure the offender who has caused injury to Sharmini is appropriately punished for his action.
"We have yet to determine the amount of the suit. But what is important is to teach a lesson to all teachers not to do the same," MIC Youth chief C Sivarraajh was quoted as saying.
Saying he wanted to ensure such an incident is not repeated, Sivarraajh lamented that many teachers involved in such cases were transferred to other schools and later merely asked to apologise with no further action
MIC Youth seemed to walk the talk with its members present when Sharmini was admitted for her apparent seizure, rallying around her and her family to show their support.
The question now is what is Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan’s, who is also a MIC central working committee member, reaction to all this?
He reportedly expressed his regret over the issue through his Facebook page and said that an apology had been issued by the school, the state Education Department and the Port Dickson district education office.
Malaysian Community Development Organisation (MCEO) founder and president Jeevithan P Ganasan said such statements over the social media will not make any difference to Sharmini’s life or the lives of the other students Abdul Rahim is teaching right now.
“As a responsible deputy minister and as a leader of the Indian community who he is entrusted to look after and who put him there in the first place, he should take further action in this matter.
“The little girl did not just get a slap on the wrist but was injured to the extent of needing stitches, that too on her head. MIC Youth is the one seen making the effort and taking action in this matter,” said Jeevithan.
So what indeed is Kamalanathan actively doing for the Indian community, aside from the much publicised picture of him bowing and kissing the hand of Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also the education minister?
It looks like MIC Youth is the one taking the lead in this matter and the ones actually standing by Sharmini and her family throughout their ordeal.
Perhaps Sivarraajh should be the deputy education minister instead.
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