Teacher jailed 24 years for sexual abuse


Sentenced: Abdul Mutalib being led away from the court in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: A primary school teacher was sentenced to 24 years in jail after he admitted to sexually abusing three pupils during class.

Abdul Mutalib Hussain, a religious studies teacher, was also ordered to be given six strokes of the rotan after he changed his plea to guilty.

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