‘Principal made us write letter to coax Cikgu Ponteng to return’

A former student who sued her teacher for allegedly missing class testified today that she and her classmates were forced by the school principal to write a letter persuading the teacher to return.

During her examination-in-chief by her counsel Shireen Sikayun, Siti Nafirah Siman, 23, told the High Court in Kota Kinabalu that the principal told the class the letter was a letter of undertaking.

“The principal said this is your surat aku janji where you apologise to teacher (Mohd Jainal Jamran) and ask him to come back and teach the class again.”

When examined by her lawyer, Siti Nafirah (above) said the letter was false but had to be written under duress because...