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Boy's mum says teacher fractured bone in his face

Her son was slapped with slipper in Selangor religious school after fighting incident, she says

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Miss Noridayu Zainuddin and son Imann, who was injured after getting hit in the face on Feb 18 by one of his religious teachers at the Maahad Tahfiz Wattarbiyah school in Selangor, Malaysia. The teen is getting better at KK Women's and Children's Hos

Miss Noridayu Zainuddin and son Imann, who was injured after getting hit in the face on Feb 18 by one of his religious teachers at the Maahad Tahfiz Wattarbiyah school in Selangor, Malaysia. The teen is getting better at KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF NORIDAYU ZAINUDDIN

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She was hoping to surprise her son on his 14th birthday, travelling for more than four hours by coach from Singapore to Selangor to see him.
Instead, Miss Noridayu Zainuddin, 40, was in for a surprise, finding her son Imann with a swollen face and running a high fever.
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