Kindergarten teacher charged over death of boy who fell in pool


Photo: Ronnie Chin/The Star

IPOH: A teacher of a kindergarten where a four-year-old boy fell into a swimming pool and died five days later has been charged at the Magistrate's Court here.

SP Esther Christina, 58, pleaded not guilty after the charge under Section 33(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 was read before Magistrate Jesseca Daimis here on Wednesday (July 12).

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