Bersatu Youth slams ministry for letting gang rape suspects take SPM
PETALING JAYA:
Bersatu Youth has slammed the education ministry for allowing four Form 5 boys arrested over the alleged gang rape of a Form 3 pupil in Alor Gajah, Melaka, to sit for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.
Bersatu Youth information chief Harris Idaham Rashid said the ministry’s “liberal stance” that education is a right for all failed to reflect the seriousness of the case.
Idaham said allowing the students to take their SPM would send the wrong message as it would imply that the ministry wanted all parties to simply “move on” from the incident.
“Meanwhile, the victim is left to face severe trauma, humiliation, and loss of dignity, especially due to the circulation of a video recorded by one of the perpetrators,” he…
