Oct 20, 2010
Father sues school
TKGS and mountain trek organiser accused of negligence
By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent
Mr Johan Pee, 43, accuses Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) of not telling him or his wife that no teachers would be accompanying the students on the trek. -- PHOTO: ST/ONG CHIN KAI
THE father of a girl who died during a school mountain trek is taking the school and the event organiser to court for alleged negligence. Secondary 2 student Nour Radiatulhuda, 14, suffered breathing difficulties during the trek up Mount Panti in Johor.
Her father, Mr Johan Pee, 43, accuses Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) of not telling him or his wife that no teachers would be accompanying the students on the trek, which was organised by Synergy Dynamics.
He also alleges the medical response was inadequate and the school failed to properly assess whether the firm was capable of supervising the trek up the 512m-high mountain in November 2007.
Nour, who would have turned 17 yesterday, was in a group of 40 students and three teachers, plus staff from Synergy Dynamics, who took part in the three-day prefects' camp in Kota Tinggi. During the trek, she had breathing difficulties, vomited twice and suffered from shivering in her legs.
