SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that Putrajaya will now monitor closely all activities during the “Solidarity With Palestine” week in schools, after several students and teachers were shown in photos and videos using toy firearms as props.
Anwar said that Cabinet members have previously discussed the issue in its meeting, and will take the necessary steps to ensure such events do not spiral out of control.“We will not force any schools to participate in it but we must control what’s happening. We in the Cabinet spoke about it, we encourage it but it must be controlled so it doesn’t get out of control,” he said.
The photos and videos were believed to originate from at least one Special Education Integrated Programme school.ADVERTISEMENT Calling it a necessary intervention to be implemented among students, the ministry said the programme is in support of the Malaysian government’s stance to continue together defending the rights and freedom of the Palestinian people.This comes as 17 civil society groups in Sarawak voiced their disagreement with the Education Ministry’s instruction for all government education institutions to observe a solidarity week in support of the Palestinian cause.
“We’re not concerned with such matters all we want is for food and any aid to be sent to the people in need, we want Palestinians’ land and their rights restored,” he said.
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