Shamed in public over unpaid tuition fees

A TUITION centre in Sungai Long, Kajang, was slammed for allegedly putting up banners featuring the pictures of four pupils whose pa­rents purportedly had not paid their fees, reported major Chinese dailies.

Several such banners were spotted around Sungai Long and Cheras on Friday evening.

Pictures of the banners were posted on social media, with many netizens slamming the move taken by the centre, saying that it was unethical of the centre to act like a loan shark.

The operator of the centre denied putting up the banners but said she recognised two of the pupils who had not paid their tuition fees.

She said although the centre, which has been operating for seven years, did ask the parents to settle the fees, it would not resort to such measures.

A mother, known only as Ling, told Guang Ming Daily that she learned about the incident after her friends informed her that her son was featured on the banners.

She admitted that she owed the centre RM600, adding that she had been facing financial difficulties.

However, denouncing the centre’s move as “too much”, she said she would settle the fees and demand an apology.

Balakong assemblyman Eddie Ng urged the parents to contact him so that he could help them to lodge a police report.

“We will demand an apology from the tuition centre,” he said.

> China Press reported that a company in Zhengzhou, China, ordered its employees to crawl in public after they failed to meet their sales target.

The workers were forced to crawl on their knees with people watching them.

It was reported that their clothes became torn in the process and some even ended up bleeding.

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