The Education Ministry is probing an accident involving a parent and a Year 1 pupil in the compound of a school in Kuala Lumpur, last month.
On Feb 15, a parent allegedly knocked down a Year One pupil in the SK Bukit Damansara school compound. The pupil was rushed to the hospital. However, the child’s condition remains unclear. The incident caused an uproar among the other parents, as they claim only teachers were allowed to drive their vehicles inside the school compound. The school, in a letter to the parents on Feb 21, informed them of the actions taken by the school administrators, including meeting the operations manager of the security company, and how the company had issued a warning letter to the security personnel involved, for allowing “an outside vehicle to enter the school premises without prior authorisation from the school administrators”. However, the school had then said it was unable to provide a detailed explanation of the incident, as it was “confidential and involved concerned parties”, adding that “investigations were still ongoing”. It is also understood that the school’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) feed was “not working” on the morning of the incident. Several parents had written to the school authority on Feb 23, wanting to know, among others, if there was any follow-up action, and what steps would be taken to prevent a recurrence. They had also defended the security personnel who was reprimanded. An official from the Education Ministry told Twentytwo13 this afternoon that it was investigating the matter. “I can confirm we have received a report and the chronology of events from the Kuala Lumpur Education Department. We are in the middle of investigating the incident,” said a representative from the Education Ministry’s complaint department. “Our department is handling the matter. There are a lot of things to go through. We need a bit more time,” she added.
steadyaku47 comment:
The incident happened middle of February 2023 just before the school year's end. It involved a female VIP driving her BMW which hit a year one student in the school compound. The six years old suffered serious injuries (life changing) to both her legs. The school didn’t make a police report.
The parents should make police report
Very sad cos in UK MPs were fined for speeding and the latest was PM Boris downfall for Partygate is gatherings in No 10 during Covid - the rules he enforced on every one and 170k died and relatives cannot give farewell then.
Btw I hate driving the long wheelbase BMW 520D my son bought and to sellback cos very difficult to park and manoeuvre and minor accident though not my fault. It has all the computer technology eg night vision and sensors surrounded suitable for motorway drive. Happy with 06 Prius Hybrid and still 70k mileage.
Why? As you have mentioned she is a VIP from a Very Important Party ...
Don’t understand why the Education Ministry is investigating? Since when is Education Ministry doing a police job!
Its a car accident and since there’s a six year old suffering serious injury, that’s enough for police to investigate.