Puchong MP laments the lack of action against a teacher who allegedly slapped his Orang Asli pupils.
PETALING JAYA: Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo today demanded that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak explain why there has been no action from police reports about alleged ill treatment of Orang Asli children in a school in Kelantan.
Referring to reports lodged by a group of parents last October, Gobind asked Najib to support his claim of being a “prime minister for all Malaysians” by standing up for the children, whom a teacher allegedly slapped for their inability to recite an Islamic prayer.
The incident allegedly happened at a school in Bihai, Kelantan. News reports said four non-Muslim girls, aged 12 to 14, went home to Kampung Tenrik after school on Oct 23 with swollen cheeks, causing outrage among villagers.
They allegedly told their parents that a male teacher had slapped them because they did not know how to recite the doa after lunch.
Yesterday, during a Christmas high tea at the Luther Centre in Petaling Jaya, Najib delivered a speech in which he said: “I do not want to be a prime minister for only a section of the community, but for all Malaysians. And I have said this repeatedly.”
In his statement to the media today, Gobind said: “As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. So the prime minister should begin by telling us what action has been taken in the case in which Orang Asli students were alleged to have been slapped by a teacher.
“It is alleged that the students were slapped for refusing to recite the doa despite none of them being Muslim.
“This is a very serious allegation. It goes to the very root of our multicultural society. Parents, students—and all Malaysians, for that matter—have a right to be assured that no religion will be forced upon them.”
Gobind said the lack of action in such cases had caused large sections of the public to doubt Najib’s sincerity in his repeated claim of being a prime minister for all Malaysians.
“I call upon the prime minister to tell us what action has been taken in this case and why there has been a delay.
“The prime minister should also seek an explanation from the Attorney General as to why no action has been taken against the teacher concerned despite this being a relatively straightforward case which would have ordinarily warranted criminal prosecution.”
He said the case was an opportunity for the prime minister to show Malaysians that he was not just a prime minister for all Malaysians but one prepared to stand up for them.
PETALING JAYA: Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo today demanded that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak explain why there has been no action from police reports about alleged ill treatment of Orang Asli children in a school in Kelantan.Referring to reports lodged by a group of parents last October, Gobind asked Najib to support his claim of being a “prime minister for all Malaysians” by standing up for the children, whom a teacher allegedly slapped for their inability to recite an Islamic prayer.
The incident allegedly happened at a school in Bihai, Kelantan. News reports said four non-Muslim girls, aged 12 to 14, went home to Kampung Tenrik after school on Oct 23 with swollen cheeks, causing outrage among villagers.
They allegedly told their parents that a male teacher had slapped them because they did not know how to recite the doa after lunch.
Yesterday, during a Christmas high tea at the Luther Centre in Petaling Jaya, Najib delivered a speech in which he said: “I do not want to be a prime minister for only a section of the community, but for all Malaysians. And I have said this repeatedly.”
In his statement to the media today, Gobind said: “As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. So the prime minister should begin by telling us what action has been taken in the case in which Orang Asli students were alleged to have been slapped by a teacher.
“It is alleged that the students were slapped for refusing to recite the doa despite none of them being Muslim.
“This is a very serious allegation. It goes to the very root of our multicultural society. Parents, students—and all Malaysians, for that matter—have a right to be assured that no religion will be forced upon them.”
Gobind said the lack of action in such cases had caused large sections of the public to doubt Najib’s sincerity in his repeated claim of being a prime minister for all Malaysians.
“I call upon the prime minister to tell us what action has been taken in this case and why there has been a delay.
“The prime minister should also seek an explanation from the Attorney General as to why no action has been taken against the teacher concerned despite this being a relatively straightforward case which would have ordinarily warranted criminal prosecution.”
He said the case was an opportunity for the prime minister to show Malaysians that he was not just a prime minister for all Malaysians but one prepared to stand up for them.
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