School Teacher Reported To Have Told Non-Muslim Students To Drink Own Urine

The school where a teacher joked about non-Muslims pupils drinking urine was hit with a Molotov cocktail (a crude incendiary device typically consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and means of ignition) last night. The incident at Sekolah Kebangsaan Ibrahim in Sungai Petani, Kedah, occurred about 10pm yesterday.

Kedah CID chief ACP Mohd Nashir Ya said the men, were in their 20s and 30s, and from Sungai Petani.

"We are investigating the motive for the incident," he said in a statement, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 435 of the Penal Code for causing mischief by fire or explosive substance.

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The deputy director-general of education Datuk Ahmad Tajudin Jab from the Education Department today dismissed the untrue a social media report that a senior assistant of a primary school in Kedah had asked non-Muslim pupils to drink their own urine. According to him the pupils had misunderstood what the teacher had told them.

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“The teacher had advised the non-Muslim pupils not to drink in the presence of Muslim pupils (during the current fasting month). He had said that they could drink outside or in the washroom.

“However, some pupils had misunderstood this and claimed that the teacher had ordered non-Muslim pupils to drink their own urine. The teacher had never said that. We have to clarify that. The pupils misunderstood,” he told reporters at his office here.

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The teacher who caused uproar for allegedly telling students to consume their own urine had actually made a joke telling them not to do so, said State Education, Transportation and Public Works Committee chairman Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain.

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"He actually said it in a berseloroh (joking) tone.

"What he said was jangan minum air kencing kamu pula (don't you instead drink your own urine) which was misinterpreted by the pupils," Tajul told reporters at his office at Wisma Darul Aman here, Monday afternoon.

He added that with the clarification, the issue was now resolved, and it should not become a political and racial matter.

Kedah’s state executive councillor, Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain, who is also assemblyman for Tanjong Dawai where the school is located, claimed that the teacher did not utter the words alleged but did not elaborate, only saying he will be holding a news conference on the matter later.

“It's not true, the teacher did not say that,” he said.

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A senior teacher at a school in Kedah had allegedly told non-Muslim students not to drink water in class but to do so in the washroom.

The teacher, who is in charge of student affairs, had also allegedly told the pupils that if they don’t have water, they could drink from the "tap or their own urine" instead.

"It is also clear that he as a teacher has no respect for the feelings of non-Muslim students, teachers, and next-of-kin," read the letter.

The teacher allegedly made the statement yesterday during a school assembly. Sunday is a school day in some states including Kedah. Although not explicitly mentioned in the letter, the statement came just four days into the Ramadan fasting period.