Ex Minister Expos On Moe Cover Ups By Deep State Just Tip Of Iceberg

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Former education minister Maszlee Malik said the court testimony of his former aide, alleging that the ministry repeatedly covered up misconduct, is just the tip of the iceberg.
He said this showed that the "deep state" and little Napoleons in the government are real.
"Even though I ordered those who committed wrongdoing to face stern action, and appointed my special officer (Shaza Scherazade Alauddin Onn) to manage the case, the Education Ministry's top management did not carry out my orders relayed through my appointee!.
"This refusal to act on the minister's orders was not unusual when I was the education minister. Shaza has exposed part of it," he said in a Facebook post today.
Yesterday, Shaza told the Kota Kinabalu High Court that the Education Ministry ignored reports of billions of mismanaged funds in a single project, as well as cases of child and sexual abuse.
ADS“In the sexual abuse case, despite clear ministry guidelines, regulations and child protection laws requiring teachers to report such incidents to the police, no action was taken by the teachers or the headmaster.
“In the case of a mentally disabled student who was physically abused - the case was investigated and found to be true - the only course of action taken was to transfer the teacher instead of reporting the matter to the police, even though it was a criminal offence,” she testified.
She said this while testifying in Siti Nafirah Siman’s landmark teacher absenteeism suit against the government.
She alleged there was an attempted cover-up in that case as well.
Maszlee was education minister from May 2018 to January 2020.
He had resigned from the job at the request of then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. - Mkini

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