10 students arrested for bullying classmate

PASIR PUTEH (Bernama): Police arrested 10 students of a religious school here on suspicion of bullying a classmate who refused to do their schoolwork on Thursday (Nov 21).

Kelantan deputy police chief SAC Abdullah Muhammad Piah said the 14-year-old boy was assaulted when he refused to obey their instruction in the 10.30am incident.

"Unable to withstand the assault, the victim reacted by attacking one of the suspects," he said in a statement.

A 30-second video recording of the fight between the victim and his two friends went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp.

Abdullah said the victim had lodged a report at Pasir Puteh district police headquarters, claiming that he had been bullied by his classmates for refusing to do their schoolwork.

Police arrested 10 of his classmates at 11am to record their statements for investigation under Section 147 of the Penal Code.

They have been released on police bail.

Meanwhile, the victim's father, Mohd Khairul Anuar Razak, 40, when met at the Pasir Puteh police station, said it was the second time his son had been bullied.

He said the first incident happened earlier this year but he did not lodge a report and just settled the matter amicably with the school.

"I did not think it would happen again," he said. – Bernama