GEORGETOWN, Jun 18 – A 14-year-old Chinese female student Tan Mei Jie was unhappy at math test when the teacher found that there is a sheet of paper at her pocket and been suspected of cheating with failing her with zero, she was unwilling to believe it with after school classmates laughed at her cheating.
Today early morning she decided to jump from the 11th floor of her home and was killed on the spot at apartment in Jelutong here. She has left a note for her family before she fell to her death. In her note, Mie Jie said she felt embarrassed when her classmates asked her about the incident when school resumed on Monday after the two-week break.
“She has been told me before that she found out the notes were in her pocket during the exam. She was uncertain whether she should pass them to her teacher but her teacher found her holding the notes and accused her of trying to cheat with failing her paper which getting zero for her Mathematics paper,” said Tan Mei Jie mother.
“Mie Jie was the youngest among three sisters in the house. We had never pressured her before for her to score the higher scores although her school results were average. I don’t believed that she would cheated in her exam. In the morning when I heard the alarm clock set by Mie Jie at 5am. I saw her writing something in the living room,” said Mei Jie father.
“She was a jovial girl. In the same time, our family also planned to celebrate Father’s Day on this coming Sunday at a seafood restaurant but it would not be possible anymore. After all, me and my wife respect our daughter wishes to donate the organ and corneas as legacy of human love,” Mei Jie father added. “The school was saddened as a student had died at such a young age although the reason for her death was not related to the cheating case,” said Heng Ee High School principal Low Lim Wah.
“The police received a call from the security guard this morning 6am saying that a body was found at the ground floor of the apartment. There were no foul play is suspected and the case has been classified as sudden death due to multiple injuries consistent with a fall from a great height,” said George Town OCPD Asst Com Mior Faridalathrash Wahid.
