Lessons from the Pos Tohoi tragedy FMTNews FMTEng
For eight long years, lawyer Siti Kasim and her team led a campaign for justice for the families of the seven Orang Asli children who went missing after they fled their boarding school in 2015.However, Malaysians would be appalled to read about the government’s blame game tactic. In its statement of defence, it placed the blame on the Orang Asli children for running away from school and not “notifying the teachers and warden”.The seven didn’t just run away for the fun of it.
Although they could have negotiated for a higher amount of compensation, the lawyers decided to spare the families further pain and more years of anguish by agreeing to the settlement. Pos Tohoi is only accessible by four-wheel-drive vehicles, and the Orang Asli children from small villages deep in the interior had little choice but to attend these boarding schools.
Seven weeks after the disappearance, two of the children were found close to death a few hundred yards from the hostel. Five had died from exposure and starvation. Fast forward to July 2023, the government’s statement of defence against the six negligence suits showed their indulgence in the blame game.
There was no mention of absentee teachers or physical abuse. Were the headmaster and warden not aware of what was going on? Why could teachers not accompany the children for a swim at the weekend, especially if – as one would suspect – recreational activities at the school were limited?
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