Activists speak out against caning in schools


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 06 May 2017

PETALING JAYA: Childline Malaysia honourary project director Datin Wong Poai Hong and activist Syed Azmi Alhabshi have spoken up against corporal punishment in Malaysian schools.

"Why do we have to punish children? Why can't we sit down, talk and reason with them?" said Wong when discussing the issue on The Couch, a weekly Facebook Live talk show by R.AGE, following the death of 11-year-old Mohamad Thaqif Amin Mohd Gaddafi from alleged abuse at a private religious school in Johor.

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