"My Eardrum Ruptured After My Teacher Slapped Me"
11-year-old Tan Xin Ren could potentially face hearing loss after his eardrum ruptured due to a hard slap from his teacher.
By Mei Mei Chu — 03 Oct 2013, 03:02 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Tan Xin Ren, 11, claims his eardrum has ruptured because his teacher slapped him hard (Click for full view)
The Georgetown schoolboy says his teacher slapped his cheek, smacked his back and pulled his ear
An 11-year-old schoolboy claimed he was slapped so hard by his school teacher that he suffered a ruptured eardrum. Year Five pupil Tan Xin Ren said the teacher also smacked him in the back and pulled his ear in class.
malaysiandigest.com“He was apparently upset because he saw me putting away my books before the lesson ended at 1.30pm on Tuesday. He called me to his table after all my classmates had left and smacked me in the back."
thestar.com.myHe asked me why I kept talking in class and whether I had done my homework. He then told me to write my name and my father’s handphone number.
malaysiandigest.com"When I did not do it, he pulled my ear and asked how I could forget my father’s phone number. When I raised my voice and shouted ‘I don’t know’, he slapped me in the left cheek, and this affected my hearing,” he said.
thestar.com.myFormer Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng, who is the boy's uncle, lodged a police report against the teacher
Former Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng, who is the boy's uncle, lodged a police report against the teacher
Image via thesundaily.myThe ex-Nibong Tebal MP is angry that the teacher had slapped his 11-year-old nephew so hard that it damaged the boy’s eardrum.
Former Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng lodged a police report today claiming that a teacher of a school here slapped his nephew yesterday, which resulted in a ruptured eardrum.
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He urged the Education Ministry to probe the issue immediately. Police are currently investigating the case.
According to medial reports, Tan Xin Ren's hearing is now affected due to a cracked eardrum
Tee Beng said his nephew’s cheek was red and swollen as seen from a picture taken by his tuition teacher soon after the incident.
thestar.com.myXin Ren, Tee Beng’s eldest brother’s youngest son, has been hospitalised to receive medical treatment at the general hospital.
The incident took place at a co-ed vernacular school in Bagan Jermal area at 1.30pm on Tuesday.
“We then brought him for a medical check-up, the videoscopy report shows that his left eardrum was injured. His hearing is now affected. “We do not know if it is temporary or permanent,” he said.
malaysiandigest.comOther students from the same school say the teacher is intimidating, fierce and aggressive when disciplining pupils
Xin Ren, who has a red mark on the left cheek, told newsmen that he was terrified when the teacher asked him for his father’s mobile number.
The pupil described the teacher, believed to be in his 40s, as “intimidating and fierce.”
malaysiaedition.net
Other students from the same school say the teacher is intimidating, fierce and aggressive when disciplining pupils Contribute a new sourceAdd source Article Image YouTube Set as cover image Write a caption for the image
Image via malaysiaedition.netSources revealed that the boy had told police that the teacher, who is ethnic Malay, had also verbally threatened him with racial remarks.
Tee Beng said several of his nephews who were also studying in the same school told him that the teacher had always been ‘aggressive’ when disciplining pupils.
State education director say the incident will be investigated
When contacted, state education director Ahmad Tarmizi Kamaruddin said he had directed officers from the student affairs’ division and district education office to investigate the incident.
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