Five girls charged in court over alleged abuse of Zara

KOTA KINABALU: With tight security around the Kota Kinabalu court complex, five teenage girls were brought in via three vans – one of them a decoy – to face charges over the bullying of a schoolmate, Zara Qairina Mahathir.

The three heavily tinted vans entered the court compound at 9.05am, with its occupants – believed to be the girls and their family members – hustled into the court through a back entrance.