After accidentally tripping over his student, a teacher not only did not apologise - he went on to stamp on her a few more times before telling her off.

According to Shin Min Daily, the incident happened at a primary school in Yishun on Sep 28, at about 1.30pm.

Mr Cai, a 48-year-old security supervisor, told Shin Min that the teacher made his granddaughter sit on the floor to punish her for talking in class.

"She was made to sit right in front of the blackboard, near where the teacher was teaching. When a piece of paper belonging to a classmate flew to the floor, she crawled over to pick it up. The teacher backed away from the blackboard then and accidentally stepped on her leg."...» Continue reading

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