KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian teacher who was caned by the
principal of her school after being mistaken for a student idling
outside the classroom has complained to authorities in a bid to
stop the incident from happening again.
'I was ashamed because all the students in Form One saw the
incident,' national news agency Bernama quoted the 28-year-old
teacher as saying, after she was hit on the buttocks along with
several students on Wednesday morning.
The principal, a 53-year-old woman, apologised, saying she thought
the teacher, dressed in loose-fitting clothes for a session of
silat, the traditional Malay martial art, was a student.
But the apology failed to soothe matters, said the agency, which
did not identify either woman.
'Although she did not know me because she was transferred to the
school two weeks ago, there was no reason not to ask me,' said the
teacher, based at a school in the southern state of Johor.
A Malaysian teachers' union wants the education ministry to take
action. 'The union has always stressed that leadership in schools
is very important,' union official Loke Yim Pheng said.
'If true, the act of caning a teacher has gone too far.' --
REUTERS
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