Suicide Student

  Today was another weekend where I & my husband would call my dad out for breakfast. With my dad’s daily routine, he never missed to read the local newspaper every morning. When I and my husband arrived at the restaurant my dad is already almost finish eating his fried noodles. His newspaper was on the table and then one of the head line caught my eyes. It says ‘Suicide student had no discipline problems’. It was one of the news I do not expect to read first thing in the morning. But I pick up the paper and start reading this article. After reading, a question pop out in my mind, how could a very young teenage girl think to attempt suicide? This was not my first time getting news of young teenagers commits suicide either but today was different. This news was a about a 13 year old school girl accused by her school teachers for stealing her missing smartphone.   

  The deceased must be so depressed by the situation and had affected her thinking ability and feeling that hope is no longer exist. She must be feeling in extreme shamed if she returns to school. She must be crying and screaming deep inside trying to shout out and said ‘I can’t take this anymore’! This is maybe not her first time feeling ashamed or depress. Maybe she was just at the wrong time and place when the phone was found missing. I tried to put myself in her shoes, if I were in the same situation in that young age. I ask myself, will I be thinking the same? Will I end my life for it? Thinking and thinking and thinking about it…. No, I won’t. And I might not be thinking any closer to suicide. To runaway yes, I would be. Or to punch the teachers face, yes, I probably would too. But I felt really bad for this poor girl. Each of us are not the same. We don’t handle things the same way. She was somehow was accused not by her schoolmates but by her own teachers in the school. 

In my very own opinion, the teacher had let her emotions controlled her without realizing how her actions had pushed this young girl to the very edge. I wonder now how is the teacher currently doing? Did she felt any guilt? Did she approached the family and seek forgiveness? Is she okay? Is she feeling depress right now too? How did her family reactions towards her? How is all her colleagues reacting towards her? I am very curious about the teacher. There is not much news about her, hence had kept me wondering more.   

    Sincere condolence to the family, I feel very sorry for them. Her father and her sister who caught her hanging herself in the bedroom with a saree. There were no report as yet if the family would sue the teacher as they were focusing more on praying the deceased. It is such a tragic event for the family. I do understand and respect their decision.  

In another news from News Strait Times :  

  By AUDREY DERMAWAN February 1, 2018 @ 9:36am 

 GEORGE TOWN: All hopes of a comatose 14-year-old girl’s family to see her regain consciousness and recover were dashed when she died at the Seberang Jaya Hospital this morning. 

The Form Two student, who had attempted suicide after being accused of stealing her teacher's iPhone recently, died at 3.30am with her parents by her side. 

When contacted by the New Straits Times (NST), Malaysian Tamilar Kural president David Marshel said the family is waiting at the hospital’s forensic unit for a post-mortem to be carried out. 

“Yes, the girl died naturally at 3.30am today without regaining consciousness. 

“This is a very sad day, not only for her family, but for Malaysians who have been praying for her recovery,” he said. David said the girl’s family is devastated. 

  The Malaysian Tamilar Kural has been helping the girl’s family seek justice.  

  It was reported that she had attempted suicide after being accused of stealing her teacher's iPhone. The student of a school in Nibong Tebal was apparently summoned by four teachers last Wednesday and quizzed over the disappearance of one of the teachers' mobile phones. Despite her repeated denials, one of the teachers reportedly struck the student for failing to own up to the theft. The teacher and her husband – who is a teacher from another school – allegedly threatened to lodge a police report on the matter. The girl, however, maintained her innocence and her father, Muniandy, who was told about the case later, was adamant that she did not do it.  

  Overcome with emotion, the girl later tried to hang herself at home. She was found unconscious but alive by Muniandy, who rushed her to hospital.  

  The girl had left behind a suicide note, saying “Teacher, I did not take your phone,” written on a torn page from her school exercise book. She also bid goodbye to her parents and grandmother.  

  Muniandy reported the entire incident to the police last Friday.  

  On Monday, Muniandy, who has constantly been by his daughter’s bedside, said he thought her condition was improving, as he said he saw tears in her eyes as he was talking to doctors about her condition.  

  On the same day, Deputy Education Minister Datuk P Kamalanathan, who visited the girl at the Seberang Jaya Hospital, had urged "everybody to continue praying for her recovery".  

  "This morning, I visited the girl at the Seberang Jaya Hospital. I also met her father Muniandy, and spoke to him regarding his daughter's condition and (I offered) any assistance required.  

  "I also met her doctors and was updated on her status and condition," he had posted on his Facebook page.  

  The NST has contacted state police chief Datuk A. Thaiveegan and is awaiting his response on the tragic turn of events.  

  No matter what happen next, I hope the Education Ministry would take this matter seriously and investigate thoroughly to avoid such incident happen again. As this could happen anytime and anywhere. It could be actually happening in your kids school right now. We need to take this news seriously and also start educate our youngsters around us how life has so much to offer. To tell them that suicide is not a solution. Suicide is only for cowards who refuse to face reality. Yes the world has become more cruel but if we intorduce them the positive life that is hidden behind us they would never thought to attempt suicide. Life have so much more to offer. We have to stop relying on school teachers as they too would have their own problems to settle personally. We can use Steemit to spread awareness. If you have any suggestion please throw in your comments and suggestions. Nothing is impossible if we hold hands and help each other.