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BFM News
1. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek will look into a claim that a 7-year-old pupil was locked in a makeshift cage by a teacher at a school in Negeri Sembilan, reports FMT. The boy’s father had lodged a complaint with the state education department.
2. Azuan Abd Ghafar had uploaded a screenshot of a conversation between a parent and teachers in the school’s WhatsApp group on Twitter. Azuan told FMT that the student was his friend’s son. “The boy’s father went to the school to confront the teachers,” he said.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A father took to Twitter, expressing his horror about his 7-year-old son, whom he claimed had been locked in a cage at a school in Negri Sembilan.
A tweet including a few photos of the alleged makeshift cage at the primary school and part of his WhatsApp message threads with one of the teachers was posted by a handle @AzuanMekanik who is believed to be the boy’s father.
The viral post was retweeted 4,451 times and gained nationwide attention with 695,000 views and counting.
Based on the screengrab posted, the makeshift cage seems to prevent children from getting close to the TNB fuse box inside it.
In a subsequent tweet, @AzuanMekanik said he had lodged an official complaint to the district education office for further action.
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Bukit Aman police informed the New Straits Times when contacted that they are looking into verifying the alleged incident.
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