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What teachers do after work is their business

YOURSAY ‘Instead of improving education standards, they are spying on teachers.’

 

Teacher with 'anti-govt' posts transferred

 

Gerard Lourdesamy: Will the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) threaten a strike? No.

 

What teachers say or do after working hours is their business provided they do not break the law.

 

Civil servants are expected to be politically neutral in discharging their duties but they are entitled to their own private opinions. Their loyalty is to the government of the day and not to the political parties that constitute the government.

 

It seems to be an acceptable practice these days for even senior civil servants to be supportive of Umno/BN openly and no action is taken, but opposition supporters within the service must be ferreted out and punished.

 

Perhaps the Education director-general (DG) should just publicly join Umno and stop pretending about the neutrality of the service. It is an undisputed fact that the 1.2 million strong civil service is unabashedly pro-Umno/BN.

 

So why shouldn't a few of them support Pakatan Rakyat in their free time?

 

SSDhaliwal: I symphathise with you, teacher, as you did nothing wrong but expressed your right to choose a government.

 

The Education Ministry is allegedly being headed by a minister with no calibre, so what do you expect of his subordinates who are all ‘yes men’ spying on teachers rather than concentrating on improving the ever dwindling standards of education in this country.

 

No wonder, it is in the state that it is in.

 

Disbeliever: The BN government is obviously flexing its muscles to show who is the boss. I sympathise with this teacher who has really done nothing wrong.

 

It's absurd to take action against her for posting a poster of the opposition candidate in the Teluk Intan by-election.

 

In fact, I, too, was a 'victim' of the government as I was transferred out for allegedly preaching Christianity to Muslim students and calling the prophet a *** (unclean animal). Of course, no such thing took place.

 

There was a post on an anti-Mahathir Mohamad website called Mahazalim before the 2009 general election slandering me. Despite investigation, there was not an iota of proof, yet I was transferred out.

I was visibly and emotionally shaken by this wild allegation and had to seek psychiatric counselling. But did the government care? Not at all.

 

Why? Because the crux of the matter here was religion became an issue and the transfer was proof of my guilt. I've forgiven my accusers but will never forget this until the day I die.

 

Hplooi: Yes, just read what Disbeliever recounts of his experience. Malaysia does not get scarier than this.

 

Here is another reason why Malaysia is a scary country. Blind loyalty to a party is mandatory of civil servants. Any dissent or signs of critical thinking is penalised with banishment (in this case).

 

CQ Muar: Any issue that the present regime deemed "anti-government" will be regarded as sensitive. How lopsided and naive to expect all citizens to be "pro" - nowhere in the world would venture to achieve such feat, except Malaysia.

 

With regard to the penalty the school teacher being slapped with - a transfer notice over the posting of DAP’s Teluk Intan candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud - it is downright unfair, to say the least; and tantamount to intimidation or bullying. Absolutely disgusting and despicable to the core.

 

As for the DG, Khair Mohamad Yusof, who directed and issued the instructions of transfer, this is obviously another crony of the Umno-led government. We urge NUTP to intervene with the necessary action without any delay.

 

Fair&Just: This evil and dastardly regime is trying to cover up its many acts of corruption, dark deeds and crimes by suppression, oppression, intimidation but the filth, stench, rot and putrescence of its decades of crimes are brimming and overflowing, drawing the dark evil forces of mishaps, disasters and catastrophes, and the worst has yet to come unless there is complete retribution and repentance.

 

Ratbatblue: The vast majority of civil servants are absolutely afraid to vote for the opposition as they are convinced that there is a way they could be found out, and that they would be penalised for it.

 

Directors-generals are political appointees (chosen/approved by the cabinet) so Khair has to play ball with orders from upstairs. Since when has Malaysia respected civil liberties when it came to politics?

Samurai: If civil servants are expected to be 'loyal' (read vote) for only BN, I am fine with that. If the government declares this to be the case, then the proper thing to do would be to exempt all civil servants from voting during elections. After all, their vote is already known.

They should then rightfully be disqualified from voting. Right, Election Commission?

 

Fateh: The bigots in this Bolehland are only good at stamping their big fat feet on those who voice their opinions, with the hope that the leaders will listen and improve and bring progress to the country.

 

Sadly, these bigots are all narrow and shallow in their minds and hearts, and are leading Bolehland further down the drain.

 

Hmmmmmmmm: And you wonder why our education standards have spiralled to such low levels when we have sycophants in charge of education.


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