Education ministry probes teacher allegedly telling student to ‘go back to China’

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A ministry spokesman says a meeting has been scheduled with the parents of the student.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/22/education-ministry-probes-teacher-allegedly-telling-student-to-go-back-to-china/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/22/kpm-siasat-guru-didakwa-suruh-pelajar-balik-ke-china/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MinistryOfEducation #RacialStatements

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00:00The education ministry has launched an internal investigation after an audio clip in which

00:07a teacher allegedly admitted to telling a secondary school student to go back to China

00:12for struggling with the Malay language went viral.

00:16The ministry said it does not tolerate any form of racial statements or actions within

00:20the education ecosystem.

00:23The ministry also said a meeting with the parents of the students involved has been

00:27scheduled and that psychosocial support services have been made available.

00:33It stressed that government educational institutions must be safe, inclusive and respectful of

00:38the diverse racial, religious and cultural backgrounds of students.

00:44In the audio clip, the teacher was allegedly asked on the phone by a man claiming to be

00:48a relative of the student to confirm if she had told the student to go back to China.

00:54She admitted to doing so.

00:56The teacher also allegedly called the student stupid and told the student to sit near the

01:00rubbish bin.

01:02The teacher allegedly said this was not the first time she had spoken to a student in

01:06this manner and that there had been no complaints against her for doing so in the past.

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