The principal of Palalaua College in Samoa has been charged with assault over an incident involving a Year-13 student at the school.
It has been alleged that Leoloa Tuuu Mautofiga struck the student with a PVC-like pipe as a disciplinary measure for posting a photo on social media of him and a friend in school uniform.
The Commissioner of Police Fuiavaili'ili Egon Keil told the Samoa Observer teachers need to know the difference between reasonable force and assault.
He stressed there was a fine line between reasonable force and assault.
He said in this case police have evidence that it was not reasonable force, that it was assault and the individual responsible has been charged.
Source:
RNZ