MALAYSIA - MIC Youth's education bureau is not happy that a teacher who hurled stinging racial remarks at her students had been let off the hook.

Malaysia Nanban said that the 35-year-old teacher of SMK Telok Panglima Garang had been transferred to a school nearer her house and the bureau argued that it was not a form of punishment at all.

Bureau chief M. Saravanan said the issue touched on racial sentiments and referred to the Indian community as a whole.

He said the teacher's apology to the students and parents involved did not diminish the gravity of her action.

Saravanan said action taken by the ministry must serve as a strong lesson for other educators.

He said the teacher had tarnished the dignity and professionalism of her profession and was not qualified to be an educator.

He suggested that the teacher openly apologised to all quarters through the media.