Berita Harian Report on 2/8/07
The Management of Hijrah Kindergarten is puzzled by Mdm Nuramiza's claimed that our school owed her $3000.
As a consequence, we received many queries from parents and members of public wanting to know how come we owe her so much? Bearing in mind our school fees is only $125 per month, which works out to $1,500 per year!
Most parents we spoke to also agree that they will never part with their $3000 in advance.
To clear our doubt, we enquired the BH reporter for some documentation but were told that the figure was quoted based on "her claims"
Readers rely on reporters to provide a true and accurate reporting. Obviously the reporter can do better by obtaining some documentary proof before putting up the story with big and colourful pictures to sensationalise the issue. In this instance, the reporter has shown that he is negligent and irresponsible. “Masih menunggu pulangan wang sekitar $3000” indicates that the figure has been verified by him. On the contrary, the reporter has never sought our clarification on this matter at all. We wonder why he chooses to write and blow out the picture without any hard evidence? As a consequence, this story has caused serious damage to our school’s reputation.
Further, there is no fair reporting by the BH reporter. We discovered that many of our points were neither reflected in his report nor was it accurate and distorted. From the fax copies, which we sent to him, we also mentioned about our concern for the children's well being after we received evacuation order by our former landlord in late 2006. Our unrelentless effort to appeal to URA to ensure that the student’s education is not disrupted, does not even receive any recognition or comment. Why was these efforts not mentioned by the reporter? We had taken all the painstaking effort to curtailed and contained the situation to prevent the situation from disintegrating and the students lost their place of study, but the reporter seems to be doing otherwise, i.e to prove that we are operating without a valid licence. Why is he only interested to portray our weaknesses? The manner the report was made clearly instill fear in our customer's mind about our honesty and viability.
Why does he not interview many other parents who are supportive and happy with our services thus far?
Subsequesntly, we also wish to know whether Mdm Nuramiza is the natural mother of Muhd Rafaeyandy bin Rahim (our student) We had strong reasons to believe that she had falsely declared that she is an aunty and also a mother to Muhd Rafaeyandy. She also falsely declared that Mr Mohd Elfie, her husband is Muhd Rafaeyandy’s natural father. The Birth Certificate of Muhd Rafaeyandy indicated that his natural mother is Suzana binte Abdul Razak and his father is Rahim. If she can make such false declaration in the Application form, it is not surprising that she can also make false claims. We have since sent Mdm Nuramiza a demand letter to prove her claim within 7 days failing which, a police report will be made against her. She had been making negative comments about our school for quite sometime now through her multiply's blog which had clearly defamed our school and we are considering legal suit against her.
The school is very cautious when making refunds. False claims made by unauthorise persons could lead to unpleasant ending. Some parents demand that we make refunds in cash or cheque to them. We had explained that it is not possible since the deduction was made through CDA. Rightfully, the money must be returned to their child's CDA account. When these demand were not acceded to, they start making threats to report us to the press etc.
Same goes to Madam Nuramiza's case. We are unable to process her refund if she could not provide clear explanation about Muhd Rafaeyandi's status.
