KUCHING: A female student here was allegedly punched in the face by a male teacher for wearing a Baju Melayu to a Hari Raya gathering at a secondary school here.
The incident was shared on Twitter by a user with the handle achelois@annisabatrisy_, who is the victim’s older sister, at around 7.30 pm on yesterday (May 10).
According to her, the teacher had initially complained about her sister’s attire choice to other teachers, including the disciplinary teacher.
None of the teachers saw any reason to take action on the student and because of that, the teacher was not satisfied and took it out on her.
The woman said the punch left her sister with a bruised eyebrow and it led them to lodge a police report at around 8 pm.
“Update: we managed to lodge a police report jugak. Now planning to go to the hospital. I’m not home so I can’t help much and my mother is on umrah so my cousin is helping out,” she tweeted.
Meanwhile, when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune yesterday, acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the complainant has withdrawn the police report.
“The complainant has resolved the issue amicably with the concerned and has withdrawn the police report,” he said briefly.
As of 5 pm, the woman’s Twitter thread has received over 409,000 views, 2,521 likes, 1,377 retweets, 281 quotes and 49 replies.
