High Court dismisses ex-student’s RM400,000 suit over phone seizure during SPM trial exam

PETALING JAYA, Oct 26 — The Kuala Terengganu High Court has upheld the dismissal of a RM400,000 negligence and defamation suit filed by a former student against her teachers and the government over a body search and the seizure of her mobile phone during an SPM trial examination six years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Yusrin Faidz Yusoff dismissed Nur Nabilah Ahmad Zambala’s appeal and upheld a Sessions Court decision that threw out her suit against two teachers, a school principal and the government, Berita Harian (BH) reported.

The court ruled that while the school was entitled to confiscate Nabilah’s mobile phone, it had no authority under Education Ministry guidelines or school examination regulations to inspect its contents.

“Although the phone was indeed evidence, lawful possession of evidence does not automatically confer the authority to access its digital contents,” Yusrin was quoted as saying.

The case stemmed from an incident on October 25, 2020, when teachers conducted a spot check following complaints that Nabilah had cheated during a Sains Rumah Tangga SPM trial examination at SMK Sura in Dungun, Terengganu.

Checks on the phone uncovered notes, examination questions and answer schemes for several subjects.

However, Yusrin held that the procedural breaches did not amount to negligence, ruling that the teacher had acted reasonably in investigating allegations of cheating.

He also said identifying the source of the leaked examination questions and answer schemes was a more serious issue than the student’s possession of a mobile phone during the examination.

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八打灵再也，10 月 26 日讯——瓜拉登嘉楼高等法院维持了驳回一名学生提起的 40 万令吉疏忽和诽谤诉讼的裁决。该诉讼由一名学生提起，指控其老师和政府在六年前的 SPM 模拟考试期间对其进行搜身并没收其手机。

据《每日新闻》（Berita Harian，简称BH）报道，司法专员尤斯林·法伊兹·尤索夫驳回了努尔·纳比拉·艾哈迈德·赞巴拉的上诉，维持了地方法院驳回她对两名教师、一名校长和政府提起的诉讼的裁决。

法院裁定，虽然学校有权没收纳比拉的手机，但根据教育部指导方针或学校考试规定，学校无权检查手机内容。

据报道，尤斯林表示：“虽然手机确实是证据，但合法持有证据并不自动赋予访问其数字内容的权力。”

该案源于 2020 年 10 月 25 日发生的一起事件，当时有人投诉 Nabilah 在登嘉楼州龙运的 SMK Sura 学校参加 Sains Rumah Tangga SPM 模拟考试时作弊，教师们随后进行了抽查。

检查手机后发现，手机里有笔记、多门科目的考题和答案解析。

然而，尤斯林认为程序上的违规行为并不构成疏忽，裁定该教师在调查作弊指控时采取了合理的行动。

他还表示，查明泄露的考题和答案的来源比考生在考试期间持有手机更为严重。

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