KABONG: Police have arrested a 28-year-old man after a 12-year-old Year Six pupil was found pregnant.
The case first came to light when the girl's mother brought her to school to inform the management of the pregnancy and said she wanted her daughter to leave school and marry the man.
Saratok police chief Deputy Superintendent Mathew Manggie said the headmistress referred the issue to the district Education Office, which instructed her to lodge a police report as the girl was still a minor.
He said preliminary investigations found that the man, who works as a labourer at an oil palm plantation, had known the girl since mid-2025 and was believed to have started a romantic relationship early this year.
