“If such an incident occurred, we urge the parents of the student to come forward and lodge a police report so that an investigation can be carried out.

“If the student’s parents want to take (legal) action (against the teacher), they must first file a police report,” he told a press conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters, here.

He said this when asked to comment on a woman’s claim that a teacher had bitten her six-year-old son on the lips, causing him to be traumatised and fearful of going to school. The case has gone viral on social media.

The woman claimed that several other students had also been similarly bitten in the mouth, hands, nose and ears.

Yesterday, education minister Fadhlina Sidek said all investigations into the incident must follow the proper channel and process, and the ministry was waiting for the outcome of the probe before taking any further action.