Urgent motion to censure third racist teacher
PARLIAMENT Opposition MP Er Teck Hwa says calls for non-Malays to leave the country are becoming increasingly frequent.
The Dewan Rakyat speaker has received an emergency motion to censure an invigilator who allegedly made racial slurs while monitoring a Sijil Pelajaran Malaysian examination at a school in Lukut, Negri Sembilan.
Er Teck Hwa (DAP-BaNONEkri,left) filed the motion under Standing Order 18(1) saying that the secondary school teacher from Port Dickson was invigilating the exams on Nov 24 when a group of students turned up late at the exam hall.
According to Er, the invigilator ticked off the students, telling the Chinese students to “return to China” and the Indians to “go back to India” if they did not understand instructions.
Er, who submitted the motion this morning, said such cases are no longer a “remote issue”.
“Their (civil servants') statements are the same, ultimately demanding that Chinese and Indians go back to the country of their origin. There have also been derogatory statements referring to the Chinese as 'prostitutes' and Indians as 'beggars',” he said.
He called for stringent measures to prevent such incidents from recurring.
Pattern of racism
This was the third reported incident involving schools since August.
In the first in Kulai Jaya, Johor, Siti Aishah Mansor the principal of SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra made similarly racist remarks against Chinese and Indian students during a school function.
Shortly after this, another principal Ungku Aznan Ungku Ismail, of SMK Bukit Selambau (SMKBS), Sungai Petani, had made racist remarks during morning assembly after being angered by the sight of Chinese students having breakfast at the canteen during the fasting month.
After much delay by the authorities, the Public Service Department took action against the two principals.
Not long after, another civil servant National Civics Bureau deputy director Hamim Husin was suspended for referring to the Chinese as si sepet (slant-eyed) and to Indians as si kaki botol (alcoholics) when speaking of Umno's need to co-opt the other races for the purpose of elections.
Earlier this month, another incident took place in a Kuching school where an administrator caned a 10-year-old non-Muslim boy 10 times for bringing non-halal food to school.
The student was allegedlt told: “Don't blow up this matter as it is a very sensitive issue among Muslims.”
The administrator has since apologised to the student's mother.
The Dewan Rakyat speaker has received an emergency motion to censure an invigilator who allegedly made racial slurs while monitoring a Sijil Pelajaran Malaysian examination at a school in Lukut, Negri Sembilan.
Er Teck Hwa (DAP-BaNONEkri,left) filed the motion under Standing Order 18(1) saying that the secondary school teacher from Port Dickson was invigilating the exams on Nov 24 when a group of students turned up late at the exam hall.
According to Er, the invigilator ticked off the students, telling the Chinese students to “return to China” and the Indians to “go back to India” if they did not understand instructions.
Er, who submitted the motion this morning, said such cases are no longer a “remote issue”.
“Their (civil servants') statements are the same, ultimately demanding that Chinese and Indians go back to the country of their origin. There have also been derogatory statements referring to the Chinese as 'prostitutes' and Indians as 'beggars',” he said.
He called for stringent measures to prevent such incidents from recurring.
Pattern of racism
This was the third reported incident involving schools since August.
In the first in Kulai Jaya, Johor, Siti Aishah Mansor the principal of SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra made similarly racist remarks against Chinese and Indian students during a school function.
Shortly after this, another principal Ungku Aznan Ungku Ismail, of SMK Bukit Selambau (SMKBS), Sungai Petani, had made racist remarks during morning assembly after being angered by the sight of Chinese students having breakfast at the canteen during the fasting month.
After much delay by the authorities, the Public Service Department took action against the two principals.
Not long after, another civil servant National Civics Bureau deputy director Hamim Husin was suspended for referring to the Chinese as si sepet (slant-eyed) and to Indians as si kaki botol (alcoholics) when speaking of Umno's need to co-opt the other races for the purpose of elections.
Earlier this month, another incident took place in a Kuching school where an administrator caned a 10-year-old non-Muslim boy 10 times for bringing non-halal food to school.
The student was allegedlt told: “Don't blow up this matter as it is a very sensitive issue among Muslims.”
The administrator has since apologised to the student's mother.
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