{
  "id": 754060,
  "title": "Teacher arrested after allegedly assaulting 14-year-old student and slapping his mother",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/teacher-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-14-year-old-student-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T10:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/126147/teacher-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-14-year-old-student-and-slapping-his-mother"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 54-year-old teacher has been arrested in Pasir Mas after allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old student and then slapping the student's mother in two separate incidents. Pasir Mas district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Hassan reported that the suspect was apprehended on Wednesday following a complaint from the 42-year-old mother on the same day. The alleged assault on the student occurred at a secondary school on Tuesday. The following day, the mother visited the teacher's office to address the incident, but the teacher allegedly slapped her during the meeting. The teacher has been taken into custody and remanded for three days to aid the ongoing investigation, which falls under Section 324 of the Penal Code for causing hurt with a weapon or dangerous means.",
  "summary": "POLICE arrested a 54-year-old teacher after he allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old student and subsequently slapped the student’s mother in two separate incidents in Pasir Mas. Pasir Mas district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Hassan said t...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Teacher remanded over alleged assault involving student, mother in Kelantan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/teacher-remanded-over-alleged-assault-involving-student-mother-in",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:20:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}