Trials against ‘absent teacher’ begin this month


Taking action: (from left) Calvina, Nur Natasha, Rusiah and Siti Nafirah speaking at a press conference in Penampang.

KOTA KINABALU: Two civil cases against an English-language teacher from a rural secondary school in Sabah’s northern Kota Belud district over absenteeism are set to begin in the High Court here this month.

The first lawsuit was filed by former SMK Taun Gusi student Siti Nafirah Siman in October 2018 in which she named eight defendants including the teacher, principal, district education officer, state education director, Education Minister and Federal Government.

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