KUALA LUMPUR: A teacher is now under police investigation after allegedly slapping, punching and strangling four of his students who caught him smoking at school.
The 48-year-old male teacher is believed to have assaulted three 10 and 11-year-old students after they found him smoking in a storeroom, Kosmo reported.
He is also alleged to have scolded several other students with foul words.
Pontian police chief Superintendent Mohammad Shofee Tayib said that following the incident, parents of the victims lodged a report at the Ayer Baloi police station here.
"As a result of initial investigations, the students returned home from school crying and shivering, sharing what had happened with their families.
"The parents then made a police report about the incident," he said when contacted here today.
Shofee said that one of the students suffered injuries to the upper body and left eyebrow.
He said that the teacher was reportedly angry because one of his students had caught him smoking in the school storeroom.
"So far, no arrests have been made against the teacher as the police are still awaiting directives from the deputy public prosecutor's office before proceeding with the investigation into the case."
He added that the police issued notices to the four students for further examination at Pontian Hospital.
