Student Receives Threats After Exposing Teacher On TikTok For Making Rape Jokes
The girl uploaded a voice recording of someone saying, "I swear this kid is an idiot. If I got my hands on her, I'd scrape her. If not, I'd rape her and send her to Thailand."
By Arisha Rozaidee — 26 Apr 2021, 01:43 PM
A secondary school student recently garnered the attention of social media users after she took to TikTok to expose her teacher for making rape jokes
According to the 17-year-old, the incident took place on Friday, 23 April.
In her video, she claimed that a male teacher had made jokes about rape during a physical and health education class. She said, "It was going good you know, we were talking about sexual harassment, how to take care of yourself, your body rights."
"He was making a couple of jokes but it seemed normal at first, but slowly the jokes were getting weird and more lucah (lewd)."
"Then we were talking about how there are laws protecting minors from sexual abuse and harassment, and then he said 'If you want to rape someone, don't rape those under 18, rape those above 18.'"
The clip that was originally uploaded on TikTok was then reposted on Twitter. It garnered over 756,700 views and 18,400 retweets.
Several politicians and public figures have shown support for the 17-year-old, urging for action to be taken against the teacher
Batu Kawan member of parliament (MP) Kasthuri Patto issued a statement on her Facebook profile which read, "Schools must listen to students when they speak up on sexual harassment or any kind of sexual approaches made by teachers, support staff and other members as part of the ecosystem in the school."
"We encourage students to report to their school authorities of any misconduct by teachers. But a 'no-action' reaction will discourage others from doing so. Is this the kind of message we are going to pass on to the future leaders of our nation? That their voices are not heard and that their pain is ignored?"
Meanwhile, former education minister Maszlee Malik tweeted, "I request the headmaster of the school to look into the issue seriously. Request to investigate the allegation and the teacher involved. Rape is not a laughing matter, and teachers should advocate safety, not otherwise."
After bringing attention to the matter, the student reportedly received rape threats from students in her school
The girl uploaded a voice recording of someone saying, "The matter can be settled with the school, why do you want to let the whole world know? What do you want? Attention?"
"Go back to where you came from. You're not even from here. The kids here who got treated like that before this did not even make a big deal out of it. I swear this kid is an idiot. If I got my hands on her, I'd scrape her. If not, I'd rape her and send her to Thailand."
She noted that the audio in the uploaded clip had been edited to alter the boy's voice in order to protect his identity.
Malaysiakini reported that her father also posted on Facebook about the rape threat his daughter received, saying he will lodge a separate police report over this after having filed a report on Sunday about the inappropriate remarks made by the male teacher.
He wrote, "Looks like there will be another report after my daughter got a rape threat from her classmate because they are unhappy about what happened and felt that it 'sullies' the good name of the school."
"Do you see? They do not agree and immediately threaten to rape. As simple as that. That's 'normal' right? This mindset is said to be 'normal' by many whose opinions I receive on social media."
Police have launched an official investigation into the matter
Sungai Buloh district police chief Supt Shafa'aton Abu Bakar said that his team had received a report and will be calling in witnesses to assist with investigations, as reported by Astro Awani.
The case will be investigated under Section 294 of the Penal Code for public indecency.
These Malaysian organisations aim to help survivors of rape and sexual assault:
1. WOMEN'S AID ORGANISATION (WAO)
Operating hours: 24-hour
Contact: +603-30008858
SMS/WhatsApp: +6018-9888058
Website | Facebook | Twitter
2. ALL WOMEN'S ACTION SOCIETY (AWAM)
Operating hours: Weekdays (9.30am - 4.30pm)
Contact: +603-78770224
WhatsApp: +6016-2284221 | +6016-2374221
Email: [email protected]
Website | Facebook | Twitter
3. WOMEN'S CENTRE FOR CHANGE PENANG (WCC PENANG)
Operating hours: Weekdays (9am - 5pm)
Contact: +604-2280342 | +604-3988340
WhatsApp: +6011-31084001 | +6016-4390698
Email: [email protected]
Website | Facebook | Twitter
4. SARAWAK WOMEN FOR WOMEN SOCIETY (SWWS)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (9am to 5.30pm)
Contact: +6082-422660
SMS/WhatsApp: +6013-8044285
Email: [email protected]
Website | Facebook | Twitter
5. SABAH WOMEN'S ACTION-RESOURCE GROUP (SAWO)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (9am to 2pm)
Contact: +6088-280200
Email: [email protected]
Website | Facebook | Twitter
6. PROTECT AND SAVE THE CHILDREN (PS THE CHILDREN)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (8.30am to 5.30pm)
Contact: +6016-2273065 | +6016-7213065
WhatsApp: +6016-7213065
Email: [email protected]
Website | Facebook | Twitter
7. INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION (IWF)
Anonymously and confidentially report child sexual abuse content and non-photographic child sexual abuse images with IWF’s Reporting Portal.
