Union says ‘no’ to make CPR as compulsory subject in schools

SIBU: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) rejects the suggestion from a prominent social activist that the government should make Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) a compulsory subject in all schools and institutions of higher learning.

Its president Ahmad Malie said while the idea was noble, it could create additional burden for teachers who might have to attend courses related to CPR.

He said the social activist could perhaps obtain permission from the Ministry of Education to give periodic talks or courses on the subject in schools or educational institutions.

“When it (CPR) is taught as a compulsory subject, it will certainly involve time (to be allotted) in the weekly schedule for implementation.

“At the end of the day, it will be the teachers who will have to walk the extra mile to ensure the subject is smoothly implemented,” he said when contacted yesterday.

Ahmad said they rejected the suggestion as teachers were not CPR experts.

Social activist Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon, who is also St John Ambulance Sarawak Council chairman, has appealed to the government to make CPR a compulsory subject in all schools and institutions of higher learning in the country.

Ang said he was confident the new federal government would not only give its support to his proposal, but also implement it in the shortest possible time.

He said in a statement on Wednesday that there was absolutely no harm in starting with schools, but students in institutions of higher learning would also benefit, and should be equally trained in CPR.

He also urged the government in particular, the Education Ministry not to accept the suggestion without holding a town hall session with teachers unions on this issue. BINTULU: An accounts officer lost RM12,000 last Tuesday when deceived by a man, believed to be a member of the “Macau Scam” syndicate, who claimed to be a police officer from Muar, Johor.

Sarawak Commercial Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said the 30-year-old woman claimed the police officer told her that a car which was registered under her name was involved in a hit and run accident and there was drug in the car.

“The police officer also told her that she was also involved in money laundering and then showed a warrant for her arrest, which was sent to her through the WhatsApp and told her to bank-in RM12,000 as bail to the Putrajaya High Court,” he said in a statement yesterday.

He said the woman was told to deposit the money into a Public Bank account and she lodged a police report on Wednesday after realising that she had been cheated. - Bernama