Another article highlighting the racial abuse suffered by students of Indian origin in Malaysian schools. The government must be urged to stop this trend which will lead to the dissatisfaction of the minority Indians in the country who already feel racially discriminated by the government.
from ASIANAGE
Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 22: Over the past almost one year, incidents of school teachers physically abusing students of Indian origin have been on the rise in Malaysia, and in some instances, teachers even called the Indian students by derogatory names.
The school teachers have reportedly acquired the ‘hate-Indian students’ attitude after the transfer of a school teacher from a secondary school in Banting, who is now facing an inquiry after she admitted to leveling racial slurs against Indian students.
Several parents of such children here have lodged police reports since November 2007 alleging that as many as five school teachers had physically and verbally abused Indian students. R. Sathasnam, 52, said that he and another parent had complained to the school’s administration repeatedly, but the abuses still continue.
He alleged that the five teachers regularly hit the students and asked the authorities to transfer the children out of the school, as they (the teachers) were “fed-up of seeing their faces”. “One of the teachers called some Indian students derogatory names,” alleged Mr Sathasnam.
He alleged that many Indian students were slapped, kicked, punched and caned by these teachers for misdemeanours such as talking while lining-up to enter the classroom. “My 10-year-old son was lifted-up by the ears by a male teacher and slapped and kicked for talking before entering the classroom after recess in February,” staronline.com quoted Mr Sathasnam as saying.
He claimed his son’s ears turned blue-black and his cheeks swelled after the beating. When he rushed his son to the hospital, the doctor there advised him to file a police report. Another parent R. Viganaspary, 40, said her son was repeatedly hit on the head with a newspaper. —ANI