MURDER OR NOT, TEACHER HAD NO RIGHT TO HOUND TEEN TO HER DOORSTEP & SHAME HER SO CRUELLY – FAMILY DEMANDS JUSTICE

SEBERANG PERAI -Police must investigate the teachers for allegedly interrogating a student who later tried to kill herself after they accused her of stealing, said the teen’s family today.

A group who has been supporting the family went further by suggesting a murder investigation.

Speaking at the hospital where Vasanthapiriya Muniandy, 13, died early this morning, they insisted that the case must be investigated thoroughly.

“We want the police to take action against the teachers because now my niece is dead because of what they did to her,” the girl’s uncle, R. Manogaran, 40, told reporters at the Seberang Jaya Hospital mortuary today.

The Form Two student, who had been in a coma since she tried to hang herself last week, died at about 3.30am today without ever regaining consciousness..

Manogaran said the teachers who allegedly threatened his niece and accused her of stealing should be held responsible for his niece’s death.

The teacher who allegedly detained the girl for four hours after the incident has reportedly been transferred.

“We have lodged police report but till today, the police have not arrested anyone,” he said.

Malaysian Tamilar Kural president David Marshel Pakianathan, who has been assisting the family, also said the police have not announced any updates for the report he lodged last week.

“When we asked them about it, we were told they are investigating but till today, the teachers involved were not arrested,” he said.

He said Vasanthapiriya’s case is not a suicide case, but can be considered murder.

“She was bullied by the teachers to the point that she took her own life, this is due to what the teachers did to her,” he said.

On January 24, Vasanthapiriya had been taken to the teachers’ room where a teacher accused her of stealing her handphone.

In the incident, where three other teachers were also present, the teacher also threatened to report the girl to the police.

The teacher then allegedly locked the student in a room for several hours before taking her home to confront her parents.

David alleged that the teacher and her husband had taken the student out of the school without the parents’ consent.

“We don’t know what happened in the car when the teacher and her husband took her home,” he said.

He said the state Education Department has said that the teacher was transferred but her husband, who is also a teacher, remained a teacher in the school.

“The deputy education minister promised to take action but transferring the teacher is not good enough,” he said.

Penang Police Chief Datuk A.Thaiveegan has not responded to questions on the case.

– Malay Mail