THE police are investigating a female teacher for allegedly abusing four of her pupils at a private kindergarten in Muar.

Johor CID chief SAC Shahurinain Jais said the woman, in her late 50s, was detained after she surrendered herself at the Muar police station at about 2am today.

“The teacher is believed to have acted abusively against four boys, aged between three and five years old.

“Preliminary investigations found that the mother of one of the victims on Thursday had received a video recording of her son being abused by the teacher.

“The alleged abuse incidents are suspected to have been taking place since November last year,” he said in a statement today.

Shahurinain said that all four victims had been sent to the Sultanah Fatimah specialist hospital in Muar for medical examination.

He said the woman is being remanded for six days starting today to help in the investigations under section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.

The act provides a fine not exceeding RM20,000 or jail of up to 10 years or both, if found guilty. – Bernama, April 2, 2022.