IN PICTURES: Scores of people had their Friday evening peak-hour commute disrupted after smoke and a burning smell shuttered Novena MRT station for two hours https://t.co/kYYaJfjly6
DAP is very disturbed over the organisation of a programme in a primary school that included elements of violence and extremism with the use of replica weapons and is calling for strict disciplinary action against those responsible.
WATCH: Images of teachers and students in Malaysia toting toy guns and dressed as Palestinian militants have gone viral on social media, prompting PM Anwar Ibrahim to call on schools to monitor Palestine Solidarity Week activities https://t.co/VBFxxcSZvhpic.twitter.com/EMaNG0dntm
‘Shocking': photos of kids carrying toy guns in schools
While we shld show solidarity to the Palestinians, letting our school children parade with toy guns should raise concerns for all parents & our country. Is that empathy? Hope MOE will intervene.https://t.co/hnFmXDILygpic.twitter.com/QKHn68sDnp
An NGO has slammed the "horrifying and shocking" pictures of young children carrying toy guns, allegedly linked to the Education Ministry's "Palestine Solidarity Week" in schools.
As such, Global Human Rights Federation president S Shashi Kumar urged Putrajaya to immediately put… pic.twitter.com/ckOJCPuIXj
The Sarawak Association for Peoples Aspiration (SAPA) urges the Sabah and Sarawak state governments to reject the Federal directive to use schools and school students to promote a political agenda on the issue of the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza.https://t.co/sjiKpoDZe1
Gun toting teachers and little children too! Come on lah Fadhlina Sidek, the Msian Minister of Education and PM Anwar. What are you teaching our children? Ban these protests in schools. Daft idea in the first place. pic.twitter.com/AtVbah6jMh
1. Seventeen NGOs disagree with the Education Ministry's instruction for all MoE education institutions to observe a solidarity week to support the Palestinian cause.
"The proposed action has not been adequately considered for its long-term impact," they said. pic.twitter.com/0Ba1c3QqKd
3. "We are looking at the seriousness of dragging school children into becoming part of the global, grown-up adult world of protests and not subject young minds to getting embroiled in this Middle East crisis," according to a joint statement by the 17 NGOs.
5. "Thus, the government needs to bear in mind many Malaysians travelling abroad would be subjected to visa refusals, getting scrutinised or any sort of other dangerous and life-threatening situation," they said.
9. The group of NGOs include Global Human Rights Federation, Persatuan Bekas Pelajar Sekolah Tamil Malaysia, Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation, Malaysia Chinese Educated Students Association and Centre for Education Excellence – Hindu Agamam Ani Malaysia, among others.
Malaysia announces Palestine Solidarity Week at schools, education institutions to 'instil spirit of humanitarianism' among students https://t.co/g0kwAzHRvs
— Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng 曾錚真言 (@jenniferzeng97) October 27, 2023
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