A mother stormed into a school and confronted a student accused of bullying her child, pinning him to the ground while warning him: “You can use your words, but never your hands.”
The incident reportedly took place yesterday at Lide Chinese Primary School in Bentong, Pahang. Other students were nearby and recorded the confrontation, which was later widely circulated on social media.
In the 2-minute-33-second video, a woman in a pink shirt is seen kneeling beside a male student, holding his wrist and gripping his collar to restrain him on the floor.
She repeatedly questioned him about allegedly bullying her child. The boy reportedly claimed that her child had insulted him, while later admitting that he had hit the child with a badminton racket.
The woman repeatedly stressed that using physical force was wrong, telling him that if there was an argument, they should settle it with words rather than violence.
She did not appear to escalate the confrontation further, although she later became angry at another student who was filming and demanded that the video be deleted.
Police said they had received reports from both sides and had begun investigating the incident. However, both parties later withdrew their reports.
The school board chairman said he hoped parents would avoid entering the school to settle disputes themselves. Instead, he urged them to trust the school, parent-teacher association and board of directors to mediate conflicts in a more civilised manner.
Credit: Ilife
