All Suites Hotel, Sewa Bilik RM533 Satu Malam ! Media Statement Raises More Questions Than Answers. SPRM Sila Ambil Perhatian

 Today the Kementerian has released a media statement. It reminds me of this :

 Open mouth insert foot. Or foot in mouth disease.

 

After reading the statement a friend from Johor says:  "This is just a c_ver up. I am informed the PPD, PIBG had a meeting today in school (am told that even the P--ice sat in). The HM was absent and did not turn up".

So the pengetua did not turn up at today's meeting. The P__ice sat in at the meeting? They are beginning to fumble. They are really screwing up trying to c_ver things up. It is getting more strange. 

Here is the statement by the Kementerian.

 

 

My Comments :  Now they say that the PIBG, the Kumpulan Sokongan Ibu Bapa then the ibu-bapa, komuniti and SWASTA were part of the kerjasama. Who exactly is the SWASTA here?

Then they say they are having the workshop 'dalam dua siri'. Really? Here is the remainder of their statement:

"untuk mengelakkan gangguan terhadap calon yang sedang membuat persiapan bagi menyambut perayaan Tahun Baru Cina"??

Habis budak India macam mana? Budak India tak sambut pun Tahun Baru Cina. Budak India sambut tahun baru Tamil dan 1hb Januari.  This silly statement is just an after thought.

Dalam gambar berikut (yang saya diberi faham daripada bengkel itu) yang mereka belajar adalah subjek matematik.

 

Kalau zoom gambar di atas akan nampak macam ini. Ini bukan sejarah atau agama atau bahasa Melayu. Ini adalah pelajaran matematik. Ok very good.

 

 

My Comments : My friend from Johor sent me some info about the hotel. Here it is:

 

It says here the hotel is an All Suites Hotel with room rates of RM533 per night.

It has been suggested that a sponsor paid for this workshop.

So does the second workshop (siri dua) slated for 26 and 27 January (starting tomorrow)  also have sponsors paying for everything? How many 'menyambut Tahun Baru Cina' students will be attending siri dua? What about Indian students? And a sponsor is going to pay RM533 per suite per night as well? 

Folks, this is what I think. This story is of course not complete. Plenty info is not being made known.

I believe this has happened in the past before. This is nothing unusual. When the major exams are due (like the SPM) there are "educational consultants" going around the country approaching schools and the jabatan with this workshop, that workshop, examination prep programs, study packages, revision books etc etc. They want to sell their product to the school kids.

If they hook up with the politicians and get the politicians to 'sponsor' the exam candidates then it is easy money. The question is where do the politicians get the money to become 'sponsors'. 

It is less good if taxpayers money is used to sponsor the 'sponsors' who will then sponsor the educational consultants to conduct these workshops. Add a few extra layers.  Meaning at the end of the day it is "sponsored" by the taxpayer.

No genuine sponsor in their right mind is going to sponsor school kids to stay at a RM533 per night hotel.  There is not enough pahala to justify that type of monetary sacrifice.

And I seriously doubt there is ONLY ONE school involved. There must be other schools involved. There must be other workshops. The jabatan must clarify on this.  

This is also where the SPRM needs to step in and check if everything is done properly and above board. Jangan pula ada saluran alir tunai ikut pintu belakang.  One for me one for you..

The racial and religious segregation is just one part of the bungle. There are bigger fish swimming around here.

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