A 10-year-old Temiar pupil was tied up, kicked and beaten up by her teachers after being accused of stealing money from one of them, indigenous people's advocacy group Centre of Orang Asli Concerns(COAC) coordinator Dr Colin Nicholas said.
The Standard 4 pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Betis in Gua Musang, Kelantan, sustained bruises on her face, arms and thigh because of the beating.
“She was accused of stealing. We do not know if it is true but even if it is, this is not the right way to do it,” Nicholas told The Malaysian Insider. He had also posted about the incident on the COAC Facebook page.A police source, however, has confirmed to The Malaysian Insider that such an incident happened and the case was now being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt.
Nicholas said the case occurred on June 15 but did not know if any action had been taken against the teachers.
There were, however, attempts to get the victim’s family to withdraw their report which was lodged by the victim’s grandmother at the Gua Musang district police station on June 27.
“I was told that the teachers still teaching at the school. The headmaster did come to visit but had requested for the family to withdraw their report and let the school handle the matter internally. How can you do this?” said Nicholas.
He said COAC also lodged a report yesterday after they received information saying a “middle man” had allegedly asked the family to withdraw their report on behalf of one of the teacher, or face trouble.
The person had allegedly told the family that the teacher could make things hard for them as he has connections with police.
The Malaysian Insider is attempting to contact the school, as well the Kelantan police and Orang Asli Welfare Department on the case. – June 30, 2015
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