ALOR GAJAH: The school teacher who was fined yesterday for attempting to engage in immoral conduct with a married electrician has lodged a police report after discovering that a video related to the incident had been circulated.

District police chief Superintendent Ashari Abu Samah confirmed that the report was received on May 24.

He said the case is being investigated under Section 509 of the Penal Code for insulting the modesty of a person and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

"Police have examined the mobile phones of the teacher and the electrician but did not find the video in question, which is believed to have already been deleted," he said when contacted.

Ashari said investigations were still ongoing.

Yesterday, the electrician whose real name is Muhammad Hairul Ezuan Hamzah, the teacher, Nur Fadilah Zainal, pleaded guilty at the Ayer Keroh Syariah High Court to a charge of attempting to commit an immoral act.

Both were fined RM5,000 each, in default six months' imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Melaka Education, Higher Education and Religious Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Rahmad Mariman said the secondary school teacher has been placed at the state Education Department and has not been transferred to another school.