Youth allegedly assaulted and sodomised by bullies declared brain-dead


GEORGE TOWN: Doctors have declared an 18-year-old youth as brain-dead after he fell unconscious due to an alleged assault by a group of former schoolmates on Saturday.

The victim, T. Nhaveen, who was about to enrol at a private college for a music composition course in Kuala Lumpur, is currently on life support at Penang Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU).

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