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Teacher Forces Student to Smoke

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Aug. 6) - A Malaysian teacher forced a student to smoke 42 cigarettes for hours as punishment after a cigarette and lighter were found in his locker, a news report said Thursday.
A school official confirmed that the English teacher subjected the student to the unusual punishment, but said the teenager was made to smoke fewer than 42 sticks. He declined to elaborate.
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He said the teacher was upset when she found her model student, 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 cigarette, 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 New Straits Times daily quoted Mohamad Alif, 16, 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.
Department officials could not immediately be reached.
In 2007, a teacher was reprimanded after she made almost 140 teenage girls squat in a pond at a boarding school as punishment for clogging the toilets.
The punishment caused an outcry, leading to Malaysia's Education Ministry to announce it would issue specific guidelines on how teachers should discipline students.
The government permits boys to be whipped with a rattan cane in schools for such offenses as smoking, vandalism and harming others.
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WinsyrStrife

04:49 PMAug 06 2009

This is Malaysia. Things work a little differently over there. Still, 42, even 30, is really pushing it. I don't know how this kids was holding down his lunch, should have been an Exorcist revival. With that said...Hmmm caning till I'm black & blue, or smoking till I'm sick..........I prefer Marlboro Lights, please. =\

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Zoopityzoo

04:45 PMAug 06 2009

Well I'll bet he never smokes again. My grandfather did a similar thing to my mother when he caught her with cigarettes. She said she got so sick she never wanted to look at a cigarette again let alone smoke one. She told me she is very appreciative that her father did that because now she's not one of her many friends who died because of smoking. She's very healthy at age 80.

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ADayDrminofYou2

04:44 PMAug 06 2009

Sphere1532, what did any of that say? was that in english cause if it wasnt then it makes sense that it was all gibberish to me

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Onemileast

04:43 PMAug 06 2009

Well, I don't think any teacher (here in the US ) has the authority to try to teach children the ills of smoking in that fashion Years ago my father caught my oldest brother (12 years old)smoking a cigar. He didn't scold him, just sat and watched while he smoked. My brother was so sick that he never ever again smoked the rest of his life. Maybe that is good and maybe not. But in that case it brought the desired result. No more smoking. What works with one might not work with another. Who knows?

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Sphere1532

04:41 PMAug 06 2009

WELL LITTEL BOY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER THEN YOU THE DRUGED KIDSSO THERE BE PERSONS IN PLACE OF THEM ON THER DOPE HABBITEAN THE LSD SAT NIGHT TO THE SUNDAY GOD USE, AN IF YOU HADE ANY STILE AN GRADE SKILL THEY SEND YOU TO MORE THEN ONE COLLEGEAN A FEW COPS TOO, YET THE HOSTING JUGES ONE JUST GOTNAME TO A PLACE OF CONFINED WORK, WELL AMERICA HASA CONCERN TEACHER AN DRUG LAW AN DRUGS MEDICAL AN DRUGAN DRUG USED ON PERSONS WHOM NOT WERE OR NEEDSO THEY CAN LIE OF BEEN SMART WHEN MORE HUMAN IS MORE.

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ADayDrminofYou2

04:39 PMAug 06 2009

honestly, vompared to the punishment that is approved for catching a smoker. I think forcing them to smoke is a better option. I dont believe he was forced to smoke 4 at a time for hours cause he would have smoked more then 42, but thats what parents have done in this country for years so its nothing new. I dont believe they should have done it, it should have been up to his gaurdian to punish him like that, they should have suspended him or given him detention or something but obviously if they can legally whip their students with canes then their idea of ethical punishment is different then ours and under those guidelines this punishment was mild.

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PaperBoy4590

04:35 PMAug 06 2009

so he smoked and as a punishment they made him smoke? they showed him...

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Dwightal72

04:33 PMAug 06 2009

who cares what goes on there. we have alot worse going on here in AMERICA.

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DMont101176

04:28 PMAug 06 2009

I never did understand that FS Eddy. If they have quit drinking and still don't drink, how are they still "recovering"??? And kudos to you for kicking it. I have family members who are alcoholics and I never became one. Yes, I drank alot in the military, but I also didn't let it control my life or career. There was always a time and place for it.

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Shralla

04:25 PMAug 06 2009

This punishment is fine. 42 cigarettes at a whack is going to be very very uncomfortable but won't do anything even close to permanent damage. I guarantee this kid is never going to smoke again. Make the punishment fit the crime, people always say, and whenever it does, they complain. Oh well. Luckily this is in Malaysia where we don't have any control over it. (unless you're commenting from Malaysia)

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A teacher in Malaysia allegedly forces a student to smoke 42 cigarettes as punishment, after she found a cigarette and lighter in his locker. The 16-year-old boy says he was forced to smoke the cigarettes four at a time for two hours. The boy\'s uncle has filed a police report regarding the incident.