Sengkang Green Primary School bullying: Parents, experts call for more support for teachers, protection for victims
Bertrand Lim’s daughter was just seven years old when she came home from school one day distraught and in tears.Horrified, the 51-year-old realtor probed further, and found out his only child was bullied by four male classmates throughout her entire first year in primary school.“She was punched in the stomach on the bus. In the second week of school someone used a sharp object to cut her arm,” said Lim in an interview with AsiaOne on Aug 23 (Saturday), adding that he lodged a complaint to the principal, who had his daughter transferred to another class.Lim said that his daughter, now 11, had since taken up taekwondo as “she realised that she does not want to be bullied”.But four years on, her mental scars have not healed.“Just two weeks ago, we were sitting in a Grab ride… and she related her experiences (of being bullied),” he said. “It goes to show a child carries them growing up.”Lim was one of several concerned parents who spoke to AsiaOne in the wake of the bullying incident at Sengkang Green Primary School.Three students were suspended over death threats made to a classmate, and one of them was caned.