Student cut by razor after scuffle with teacher

 Friday August 5, 2011

MARANG: A teacher, angry at a student for refusing to heed his order, accidentally hurt the boy with a razor.
The incident happened when the teacher was trying to pull the boy, who had gone to visit a friend, back into his classroom at noon on Wednesday.

The 14-year-old student from a secondary school here was sent to a nearby health clinic where he received five stitches for a two-inch wound on the left side of his head.

It is learnt the boy had earlier asked permission to go to the toilet from the male teacher.

However, the teacher refused to allow the boy to leave the classroom, but the student left nevertheless.
The teacher later found out the boy had gone to his friend's class.

It is believed the teacher went looking for the boy with a razor, which he had earlier used to carve some teaching material.

The teacher and the student were later seen arguing before being involved in a scuffle.

It is understood that when the teacher tried to pull the student back to the classroom, he accidentally wounded the student.

Terengganu CID chief Asst Comm K. Manoharan said police have picked up the teacher.

“We have recorded his statement and he has since been released,” he said, adding that the case was classified under Section 324 of the Penal Code for causing hurt.

ACP Manoharan said the student was now resting at his home in Kampung Pengkalan Berangan here.

source: thestar online