Teacher allegedly punishes student over velcro shoes, cuts holy string

A student has lodged a police report over a punishment she received at school for wearing the wrong type of shoes, where she was allegedly told to kneel during a school assembly on Nov 1 in Tasek Gelugor, Penang.

The 13-year-old student alleged that a teacher instructed her to raise both arms while kneeling on a tarred road after she was found to be wearing shoes with velcro straps.