Investigations ongoing in the complaints lodged by Ministry of Education and Ben Padarath

Investigations ongoing in the complaints lodged by Ministry of Education and Ben Padarath

By Vijay Narayan , Shanil Singh
Thursday 11/03/2021
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar and Ben Padarath.

Police are still investigating the matter where the Ministry of Education had filed a complaint against Ben Padarath and Padarath filing a report against the Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar.

This is regarding the post where Padarath had put up a photo of the Head Boy of a Muslim High School and questioned why the boy was allowed to grow a beard while boys in all other schools throughout Fiji are made to be clean shaven daily.

Padarath claims he and his family received threats from the public due to the false accusations earlier made by Akbar.

Akbar had said that the student in question deserves an unconditional apology for having his religious preferences dragged into the national spotlight by an individual with zero knowledge of Ministry policy and no regard for the values of tolerance and respect.

She says there is a vicious strain of religious prejudice in this country and we must address it and defeat it wherever it rears its ugly head.

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