Hypocritical To Act Against Chinese School S Upside Down Flag When Minister Has Yet To Act On Own Flag Blunder

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BRICKBATS have been hurled at Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek for vowing to take strict action against SJKC Chung Hua in Port Dickson for flying the Jalur Gemilang upside down.
There is little doubt that the PKR Wanita chief who is awaiting a full investigation report into the matter is pressured to act given the opposition which has a bone to pick with DAP has played up the matter to perfection on various social media platforms.
“Has an upside-down flag become an annual event for Merdeka Day8 celebrations?” queried Gerakan Pengundi Sedar (GPS) (@pengundi_sedar) on X.
“Every year, there’s bound to be an incident. The excuses are cliché: ‘a mistake,’, ‘don’t politicise’, ‘(oversight of a) disabled worker’.
“When this happens in a DAP constituency, the tone immediately turns defensive. Patriotism isn’t just about the flag but respect and responsibility.”
What infuriated sensible Malaysians with regard to Fadhlina’s purported action is that the school has apologised for the incident that happened on Aug 1.
A statement jointly issued by the school board, administration and Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) explained that the error occurred when a school employee was installing flags before the end of their work hours.
“However, due to carelessness, one of the flags was installed upside down. This incident was recorded by the public and uploaded to social media,” read the statement.
“The school received the information around 5pm and took corrective measures immediately.”
That Fadhlina is succumbing to political pressure to act against the school rather than to just conduct an internal probe for what is seemingly a ‘honest mistake’ has irked Malaysiakini subscribers who mocked her for giving the matter a full-blown treatment.
“Fadhlina, are there any countries or organisations which have not ACCIDENTALLY flown their flags upside down? Have YOU not made any mistakes at all?” rued DarkHorse.

“A sensible person would have considered the number of times the flag flown in the correct orientation vs the flag flown upside down before initiating an investigation. That would have been a good indication whether flying the flag upside down is accidental or otherwise.”
Others berated the Nibong Tebal MP for “having nothing better to do” when there is an array of weaknesses in the education system such as “getting to the root of bully culture in schools and institutes of higher learning” or simply to emulate Finland in the quest to improve the quality of Malaysian education.

The best reaction which gave Fadhlina a taste of her own medicine came from BluePanther4725 who wondered if she has taken any action over the flag blunder by her own ministry in April this year.

“Don’t be a hypocrite and practise double standards!” 

 - Focus Malaysia

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