Absent teacher to pay RM150,000


KOTA KINABALU: Three former SPM students taught their school and teacher a great lesson this week after winning a lawsuit over the teacher’s chronic absenteeism.

In what was a landmark judgment on Tuesday, the High Court here ruled in favour of Rusiah Sabdarin, Nur Natasha Allisya Hamali and Calvina Angayung in their suit against their former English subject teacher Mohd Jainal Jamran and four others, including the government.

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