A female student in the third class of Foon Yew High School’s Kulai branch in Malaysia was punished by the physical education teacher to run 30 laps on the volleyball court.
The student was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The incident was posted on social media and caused heated discussions. The physical education teacher apologized to the parents of the female students today, and the two sides reached a settlement.
The female student’s aunt posted on Facebook last Friday that she was dissatisfied with the teacher’s punishment for giving the child such a punishment. The above-mentioned post attracted the attention of many parents, who believed that the teacher had no right to corporal punishment.
According to the content of the post, the female student were told to run 30 laps of the court because they did not complete their homework, and they had to wear masks to run.
The post said that when the female student was physically punished, she already felt very uncomfortable and her heart beat faster. But she endured it until the end of school. When she was taking a nap at home, she experienced breathing difficulties, chest pain and drowsiness.
Her family rushed her to the hospital for treatment.
On the other hand, the mother of the female student went to the school in person to meet with the principal of yesterday. The mother was not satisfied with the explanation and the teacher involved in the incident did not show up. The movement’s statement to require students to wear masks was updated in a Facebook post on the progress of the incident, which once again sparked public opinion.
The parents of the female students, accompanied by the chairman of the MCA Iskandar Puteri City Association, Datuk Zhang Xiufu, went to the school to meet with the principal of the branch, Huang Huizhu and the PE teacher.
In an interview with the Oriental Daily, Huang Huizhu admitted that the school and the parents did not communicate well on this matter, and the incident became more and more troubled. Fortunately, today’s meeting has opened up everything, and the physical education teacher also sincerely expressed his gratitude to the parents. The apology, the parents are also willing to accept.
She revealed that the third-year female student was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and is now recuperating at home. The parents accepted the apology from the physical education teacher and did not ask for monetary compensation.