Parents sue MOE for RM105 million

The fathers of the three pupils who drowned in the Kuala Dipang tragedy on October 26 are suing the Ministry of Education (MOE) and 9 other parties for negligence, news wire Bernama wrote today.

Among the others named in the landmark suit are the Government of Malaysia, the Education Minister, the Perak State Education Department director, the head of the Kinta Selatan district education office, headmasters of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Mambang Diawan and SJKT Gopeng.

There's a slim chance that the parents are likely to win this lawsuit, but the media attention it is garnering will hopefully create enough of a ruckus to scare the authorities into ensuring that children's safety are the top priority when they are at government-sponsored camps.

In the past, there have been numerous complaints about the lacksaidical attitude of handlers at the National Service training sites after reports of sudden deaths and freak accidents among students. Nothing of this scale has been reported however, so hopefully the MOE sits up and takes notice this time instead of sitting on their laurels and riding out the media storm.