Student sues teacher over alleged sexual harassment, grooming

Editor’s note: The parties’ names have been omitted as the alleged incident involves a minor.

A student of a district boarding school in Selangor has hauled to court a hockey teacher who allegedly sexually harassed the then 13-year-old four years ago.

The plaintiff, who is now 17, filed the originating summons against the 38-year-old Bahasa Malaysia language teacher at the Shah Alam High Court in November 2022.