Ex-teacher ordered to pay RM90k for hitting student with broom

A former teacher of a national primary school in Selayang, Selangor, was ordered by the Shah Alam High Court to pay RM90,000 in damages to a former student.

The teacher had hit the student on his head with a broom, resulting in the eight-year-old needing five stitches for the injury.

This followed a decision by judicial commissioner Hazizah Kassim to...