VIOLENCE AT THE WORKPLACE
BY: MAIMUNAH AMINUDDIN

Introduction

Do you recognize any of the following scenarios?

While teaching a class at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampong Satu, you hear a commotion outside. Someone is shouting hysterically but you can't hear the words. Then, without any warning a teenager enters your room. He is yelling and pointing a gun first at you, then at the children in the class. Before you can say anything, he runs out.

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