A SCHOOL TEACHER from barangay Unzad in Villasis town is in hot water after a pupil whose ear she twisted on March 30 died about two weeks later.

The police identified the suspect as Zenaida Macaban, teacher at the Unzad Elementary School in Villasis who was accused of causing an injury on the ear of eight-year old Regine Datuin, 8, a Grade III pupil.

A police report said the incident happened inside the classroom when Macaban was apparently irked over the girl victim, who was then among several pupils attending Macaban’s class.

Mrs. Mergintes Datuin, 32, a housekeeper, filed the complaint against the school teacher before the Villasis Police soon after her daughter died in their home, about two weeks after.

She said that after the ear-twisting incident that happened at 2:45 p.m. of March 30, her daughter started feeling ill.

After a preliminary medication given by a local hospital to Regine, her mother brought her to the Baguio General Hospital in Baguio where she was admitted for a few days of medication.

Since they ran out of money to spend, she brought her daughter home for her to just undergo self-medication. The girl expired few days later.

The Villasis Police had requested the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct an autopsy on the cadaver to find out the exact cause of her death that could be the basis for the filing of complaint. (PNA)