197 students caught for khalwat in schools


KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 197 students from secondary schools and higher learning institutes here were caught for khalwat (close proximity) in the first seven months of the year.

State Education, Higher Learning, Science, Technology and Human Resource Committee chairman Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman told the state assembly yesterday that Dungun topped the list with 55 cases.

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