KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Transparency International Malaysia today urged the government to provide whistleblower protection to a trial witness, Nurhaizah Ejab who raised the issue of a colleague’s repeated truancy in the “This comes in light of last week’s High Court ruling in favour of three former students at a government school in Sabah against their English teacher for dereliction of duties.
“Protect the teacher who was a trial witness from any real or implied harassment and issue a warning that all who harass or threaten witnesses or whistleblowers will be severely dealt with. This is also consistent with the spirit of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010,” said TI-M president Muhammad Mohan in a statement this evening.
Last week, the High Court in Kota Kinabalu ruled in favour of three former students of SMK Taun Gusi, Kota Belud, awarding them RM90,000 in damages.