M'sia police probe teacher over student's death

M'sia police probe teacher over student's death

Malaysian police areinvestigating an Islamic school teacher on Monday on suspicion of beating to death a seven-year-old student accused of stealing RM7 from a classmate.

Saiful Syazani Saiful Sopfidee slipped into a coma and died in a hospital on Sunday of injuries sustained at the private school on Thursday, said Mohamad Nadzri Hussain, a district police chief in Malaysia's northern Perlis state.The student had multiple head injuries and internal bleeding after allegedly being tied to a window for two hours, beaten and strangled.His 26-year-old teacher is in custody while the death is investigated and could be charged with murder, which carries a penalty of death by hanging on conviction, Mohamad Nadzri said.Malaysian news reports said it was the worst known case of student abuse in at least 15 years.Source: AP
Published April 4 2011