KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 -- A kindergarten teacher in Batu Pahat has been fined RM1,200 after pleading guilty in the Yong Peng Magistrates' Court for injuring a four-year-old child under her care by pinching the victim's arm until it left bruises.

The accused, Nurul Amira Natasya Mohd Nazri, 25, offered an apology through her lawyer Mohd Razak Shariff during mitigation, saying, "I seek forgiveness for failing to control my emotions in educating children."

Magistrate Arun Noval Dass sentenced her to a RM1,200 fine, in default one month's jail. She paid the fine, according to a report published by Harian Metro today.

She was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to the girl at a kindergarten in Taman Sentang Jaya at about 10am on April 14.

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