KUALA LUMPUR: The government must provide teacher Nurhaizah Ejah full whistleblower protection, urged the 'Tiada Guru' campaign activists.
The movement spokesman said 37-year-old Nurhaizah, a former teacher at SMK Taun Gusi in Sabah, must be protected following her court testimony earlier this year that she was repeatedly threatened and had her car tyres slashed after she spoke out against an English teacher's repeated truancy.
Nurhaizah also testified that she was humiliated and scolded. She was warned to stop smearing the school's reputation by complaining over the teacher's absenteeism.
Civil society organisation, Agora Society member Esther Sinirisan Chong said Nurhaizah was due to testify in the civil suit filed by former SMK Taun Gusi and Kota Belud students against, among others, their then English teacher.
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