BAYAMBANG – A public school teacher is in hot water after he locked up 12 pupils inside a classroom for two hours last Sept. 8.
Parents of the Grade VI pupils of the Bayambang Central School all trooped to the police to complain against the teacher, Von Ryan Cayabyab, for illegally detaining their children.
Cayabyab is now facing a complaint for illegal detention and violation of Republic Act 7610 or the Child Abuse Law before the city prosecutor office in San Carlos City, filed by parents of the pupils.
The pupils were identified as Maika Mae Buttong, Ana Marie Reyes, Rollie Coincina, Glen Basada, Nikki Isabelle Buizon, Benjie Bulatao, Ramil Eslabra, Solfrino Ignas, George Tucker Gonzales and three others.
The pupils were locked inside the room from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and only got out when they called a passing teacher to open the door which was locked from the outside.