http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/malaysia-religious-islamic-school-boy-11-beaten-dies-legs-amputated-a7703096.html

Malaysian boy aged 11 dies after being beaten at religious school
Doctors amputated both of his legs, which were whipped with a water hose, to prevent the spread of infection
Rozanna Latiff Kuala Lumpur 20 hours ago2 comments




PM Najib Razak called for an investigation into the incident AFP/Getty Images

An 11-year-old Malaysian boy who suffered alleged abuse at an Islamic school so bad that his legs had to be amputated died on Wednesday, state news agency Bernama reported, in a case that has sparked a public outcry in the Muslim-majority country.

The boy and other children had been whipped on the legs with a water hose by an assistant warden at their Islamic religious school in the state of Johor, just north of Singapore, district police chief Rahmat Othman told Reuters.

Photos of him, legs blackened and swollen with infection, circulated online.

The boy was admitted to hospital two weeks later, slipping into a coma after doctors amputated both of his legs to prevent the spread of infection. The assistant warden was arrested on Saturday.

"We are now waiting for the medical and autopsy reports from the hospital before taking further action," Rahmat said.

The case has prompted calls for closer scrutiny of "tahfiz" schools, where students learn to memorise the Koran.

Such schools, child and education activists say, are mostly privately run and registered with state religious departments rather than the education ministry, which has strict guidelines on corporal punishment for students.

"To this day, we do not know who are actually in charge of regulating tahfiz schools," Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim, chairman of the Parent Action Group for Education, told Reuters.


Prime Minister Najib Razak, who on Tuesday announced a 30 million ringgit (£5.4 million) fund to develop tahfiz education, expressed his condolences.

"I would like the investigation into this case to be speeded up and for legal action to be taken if any offences were committed," he said on his Twitter account on Wednesday.

The case follows controversy over a proposed bill that would have introduced stricter forms of the Islamic penal code, including punishments such as whipping.

Najib, who had previously expressed support for the bill, announced last month that the ruling coalition had decided not to table the bill in parliament.

Ban madrassas! Ban islamic schools!

Haba! This is just too bad!

Islamabad!

When I was younger the more you brat me the more my heart become hardened

So I don't subscribe to beaten as a mode of correction

Rip little boy

sarrki:
When I was younger the more you brat me the more my heart become hardened

So I don't subscribe to beaten as a mode of correction

Rip little boy

now i see why you r a BMC member


lol


but true that

beating aint always the cure

mykelmeezy:



now i see why you r a BMC member


lol


but true that

beating aint always the cure

So pathetic!!! I hope my northerners won't say that they want to revenge for the poor boy naw oooo bcz na wetin dem fit do ooo

VB

May his soul Rest in peace .