PORT DICKSON: Those who are responsible to leak the four Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examinations papers are traitors who are not fit to be teachers.
Education director-general Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said stern action would be initiated to get rid of those few bad-hats from the teaching profession.
"There are some among us who are willing to sacrifice their integrity and tarnish the good reputation of the teaching profession.
"I consider the group as 'guru nila setitik, bukan guru sejati' (a few bad hat teachers who are not true teachers)," he said in a speech at the School Library Award presentation at Glory Beach Resort here last night.
He said the effort by teachers to ensure their students excel in the UPSR examinations were commendable but it should not have reached to the level of leaking the examinations paper.
Khair said he would not compromise the irresponsible acts by the few irresponsible teachers and stern action will be taken accordingly against those found guilty.
He, however declined to respond to queries from reporters when they approached him after the event.
It was reported that after the re-sit of English and Science papers, UPSR candidates will now have to re-sit the Mathematics and Tamil papers on Oct 9 after the two examinations papers were also found to have been leaked.
In Kuala Lumpur, City police chief Datuk Tajuddin Md Isa said there were no links between the 14 suspects arrested in the UPSR leak and those who were questioned for the alleged leak in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) questions last year.
"We are not going to investigate them (the UPSR case suspects) for the previous alleged SPM leak as there were no links between them."
Tajuddin said police will hand over the investigation paper of the current case to the Attorney-General’s Chamber next week.
On Monday, all 14 people picked up to facilitate investigations into the UPSR leak were released on police bail after their remand orders ended.
Police have so far recorded statements from 30 individuals, comprising 19 teachers, eight officers from the Malaysian Examinations Board (MEB), an officer from a ministry, a journalist and an engineer.
Meanwhile, a source told the NST that police were looking for more clues and the main suspect in the case.
The case is being investigated under Section 8 (1) of the Official Secrets Act 1972 for possession of official secrets and communicating such information to others.
The leak, which triggered outrage from parents, will see 473,175 pupils from 8,384 primary schools nationwide re-sitting for English and Science papers on Sept 30, while the candidates will have to re-sit the Mathematics and Tamil language papers on Oct 9 after the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate confirmed that they had been leaked.