
Father urges parents to ask children about 'period shaming, harassment'
He makes the call after finding out that his daughter had suffered degrading punishments at her residential school.

He makes the call after finding out that his daughter had suffered degrading punishments at her residential school.

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A third party should conduct the independent probe as education authorities have lost the ability to self-check.

His ministry's investigations thus far failed to turn up any indication that such practice exists.

Mara oversees several boarding schools where the practice purportedly took place.

Its chairperson, Heng Seai Kie, questions why Teo never took action when she was deputy education minister.

Is it a heavy sense of overzealous responsibility and fear of afterlife repercussions?

My friends and I are willing to represent them free of charge, says lawyer Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos.


This can result in anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, says MMHA president.



Children continue to be groped, bullied, raped and marginalised.

Rina Harun says she will engage with Education Ministry, Mara to put a stop to the practice.

Everyone under the sun must loudly condemn such practices to show that it is unacceptable to Malaysians.

Comprehensive sexual education must also be introduced in schools.

Maszlee says doing so in the name of discipline, education unjustified in any pedagogy, culture, religion or norms.


Twenty years have passed but a woman still feels affected by the harassment she suffered.

I would have been traumatised for life, says former minister Azalina.

Chairperson Azizah Mohd Dun says she is opposed to such practices but have no information on the incidents.

Teo Nie Ching says the ministry has been disturbingly silent on the matter so far.

Islam doesn't allow embarrassing checks to see if a girl is menstruating, says Wan Salim.