Mum who exposed 'shower canteen' gets kidnap threats

The mother who exposed the photographs of the shower canteen controversy has received kidnap threats while her daughter at SK Seri Pristana is being bullied by both classmates and teachers.

According to a report in theSun today, Guneswari Kelly said she received calls from unknown individuals threatening to vandalise her property and kidnap her daughter.

NONEGuneswari, who uploaded the photographs on Facebook, has reported this to the police.

She also said that her nine-year-old daughter was depressed because she was being picked on at school.

"The students tease her about it, and the teachers berate her. They ask her why I did such a thing," she told theSun.

Guneswari has also reported these matters to the school's Parent-Teacher Association.

The mother claimed that she never intended to turn the incident into one that concerned race and religion, but was just alarmed about the hygiene aspect of having the children eat their meals in the shower room.

'What are the teachers trying to prove?'

Guneswari was also puzzled by the move to post a photograph of Muslim teachers breaking their fast in the shower room.

"What are the teachers trying to prove?" she asked. "The children had to eat there every day."

Guneswari also filed a police report against the school, bringing the total number of reports against the school to 14.

A check by Malaysiakini also revealed that Guneswari's Facebook page is no longer active.

The SK Seri Pristana 'shower room canteen' resulted in various quarters giving it racial and religious twists while both the school authorities and Education Ministry denied this.

The headmaster, who had since been ordered to go on leave, had claimed that the shower room was used because the canteen was under renovation.

Msiakini