[Reuters]
A 17-year-old Malaysian girl who complained on TikTok that her teacher had joked about rape is now receiving threats and afraid to return to school, she told opposition leader and former education minister Anwar Ibrahim at an online forum on Thursday.
Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam’s video went viral, sparking a nationwide debate on sex education and institutional misogyny, with many girls raising their voices over similar incidents. But many people criticized her too.
“I am afraid to go to school. This is a school that I used to love, with teachers that I love,” Ain said at the forum organized by Anwar and moderated by political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ul Haque, who’s better known as Zunar.