KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Reports that a teacher forced a student to smoke as punishment after a cigarette and lighter were found in his locker have been confirmed as true say media reports.
The New Straits Times Daily quoted the teen as saying he was made to smoke 42 cigarettes - four at a time for more than two hours.
The punishment was witnessed by other teachers and students.
A school official has confirmed that the English teacher subjected the student to the unusual punishment but said the teenager was made to smoke fewer than 42 cigarettes.
The teacher was said to be upset when she found model student, 16-year-old Mohamad Alif Arifin, had a cigarette and lighter in his locker in the school in the northern island of Langkawi.
The boy was also smelling of cigarettes, said a school official, who declined to be named citing protocol.
He said the school apologized to the boy's uncle, who lodged a police report when he found out about the punishment.
"This is not normal. We don't do that often," he said.
He said it was up to the state's education department to take action against the teacher.
The government currently permits boys to be whipped with a rattan cane in schools for offenses such as smoking.
- AP
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