The shower room at SK Seri Pristana was only used as a makeshift canteen two days into Ramadan, a group of parents of non-Muslim pupils said today.

The mothers of the Year Four pupils there said they were not aware of the canteen being overflowed with students, a reason given by the school authorities yesterday as to why the shower room was used by the pupils to have their meals.

The shower room was used only two days into the Ramadan fasting month (July 11), said mothers S Chitra, 53, and J Rebecca, 33.

NONEThey also said that the canteen renovation involved only a glass door in the teacher’s canteen and didn’t affect the pupils’ canteen.

The school authorities have said that the makeshift canteen has been in use since March and was not specifically put into place for non-Muslim students in view of the fasting month.

Several parents were at the school today to get an explanation over the matter from the school authorities. They were accompanied by several members of the public and members of NGOs, who were denied entry into the school compound.

A brief shouting match ensued between some of the members of the public and school security guards before the parents were finally allowed into the school to inspect the makeshift canteen.

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