Missing children not among those punished, say parents


KUALA LUMPUR: The seven missing orang asli children from SK Tohoi were not the children who were punished for swimming in a river, said a parent of the children.

Midah Angah, 40, mother to Norieen Yaakob, 10 and Haikal , 8, who went missing on August 23 said the older primary school children, 13 in all, were the ones targeted for punishment after they were caught swimming in the river and not the six girls and one boy aged seven to 11.

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