The recent conviction of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin’s mother, who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for neglect that led to her six-year-old autistic son’s death, has once again shaken Malaysians [1]. Sadly, this tragedy is not an isolated case. The Department of Social Welfare Malaysia reported in May 2025 that child neglect cases in…
In October 2025, two secondary school teachers were charged for causing injury to a student by using a rotan on two separate occasions. News of these charges raised an interesting question – Is it wrong for a teacher to cane a student? On one hand, some supported the charges, saying that teachers should not be…