Cops to probe alleged assault of school boy

By S. Aruldass and Aishah Afandi

Khairul claims he was beaten up because he was late to school and for riding a ‘modified’ bike.

KEPALA BATAS, March 7  — Police have launched investigations into an alleged assault of a Year Six student on Thursday.

Kuala Muda district police chief ACP Md Zukir Md Isa said police would be investigating the case for voluntarily causing hurt and would be calling up a teacher at the school to assist with investigations.

Zukir urged the public not to speculate on the incident until police concluded
the probe.

On Saturday, Jamsari Mohamad Hassan, 46, said his son, 12-year-old Khairul Najwan, was beaten up by a senior assistant for supposedly arriving late to the school’s morning assembly and riding a “modified” bicycle.

Jamsari said the teacher stopped his son at the entrance when he was cycling into the school and allegedly took exception to the boy’s “fancy” bicycle in addition to him being late to school. The teacher then started beating the student.

Jamsari said his son ran out of the school but the teacher and security guards caught him and brought him back.

He also alleged the teacher later gave the boy RM2 to keep quiet about the incident.

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KEPALA BATAS – A primary school pupil claimed that his teacher beat him up and then gave him RM2 to keep quiet about it.

Year Six student Khairul Najwan Jamsari, 12, said he was choked, punched and stomped on because he was late to school and had used a bicycle with a modified handlebar.

He said he was a few minutes late to his school in Tikam Batu near Sungai Petani on Wednesday morning and was caught by the teacher, a student affairs senior assistant.

“The teacher told me my bicycle’s modified handlebar was against school regulations. He then grabbed me by the neck, punched me and stomped on my legs after I fell,” Khairul Najwan told a press conference organised by social activist Nor Hasni Saad yesterday.

“A few teachers who saw it gave me some food and advised me to say sorry to that teacher.

“After I apologised, he handed me two RM1 notes and told me to keep quiet about the incident,” he said, adding that he related the incident to his mother.

Jamsari Mohammad Hassan, a 46-year-old electrician, said his son’s neck was bruised, his face was swollen and his right leg and left knee bruised too.