Don’t spread outdated or irrelevant videos — Teo

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Teo (front) visits an exhibition after officiating at the national-level Let’s Go To School programme in collaboration with the police at SMK Sulaiman. — Bernama photo

BENTONG: The public is advised not to spread old video clips of students misbehaving or of incidents which have occurred overseas.

Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching said such action could pose unnecessary trouble to those whose cases have already been resolved, while the foreign incidents do not come under the purview of the ministry.

Teo said she still received video clips of past incidents, some as far back as 2016, in addition to footage of incidents from Indonesia.

“My request to the public is, if you want to send (or report) a video, make sure it’s a new case because right now, it’s really easy for us to share videos on social media applications like WhatsApp.

“I have received requests to solve old cases and those that have occurred abroad. When we share the old video clip, we actually make the alleged perpetrator in the video a victim, since the case has already been settled among the students, parents and the school involved,” she said after officiating the national-level Let’s Go To School programme in collaboration with the police at SMK Sulaiman here yesterday. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador was also present.

In another development, Teo said drug abuse cases among students had decreased from 1,719 in 2018 to 1,249 last year.

During the programme, Teo also launched the School Liaison Officer’s Handbook co-published by the Education Ministry and the Royal Malaysian Police, with 75,000 copies to be distributed to schools and state education departments nationwide.

Meanwhile, Abdul Hamid said there were 10,208 school liaison officers (PPS) nationwide, comprising officers and personnel with the ranks of Inspector and Sergeant who could help improve student discipline as well as prevent crime.

“The PPS also need to increase awareness among the community, including students, so that they are not trapped or become victims of crime such as love scams, black money, Macau scam, among others.

“In addition, we need to prevent the spread of ideologies or propaganda of deviant teachings, radicalism, extremism and terrorism in schools,” he said.

Abdul Hamid, who is also a former student of SMK Sulaiman, said he would review the proposal to paint a logo of the police at the school’s guardhouse to ward off troublemakers. — Bernama