65 Sungai Petani primary school pupils suffer food poisoning

SUNGAI PETANI: Sixty-five pupils of SK Bandar Puteri Jaya near here are believed to have suffered from food poisoning after eating at the school canteen on Monday (May 20) morning. The school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PIBG) head Zubir Othman said the affected pupils, from Years Four, Five and Six, were from the morning session and suffered symptoms...

Seremban primary school teacher nabbed for sexually assaulting pupils

SEREMBAN: A counselling teacher at a primary school here has been detained for allegedly committing physical sexual assault against his pupils. The 43-year-old male teacher was detained after the school's headmaster lodged a report. It is learnt police obtained a seven-day remand order on the suspect from a Magistrate's Court here on Tuesday (Dec 12). Seremban police chief...