SEREMBAN: Police are probing the death of a Standard Four pupil at a school here under the anti-bullying law, says Deputy Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad.
The Negri Sembilan OCPD said a post-mortem would be carried out on Thursday (Oct 2) to establish the cause of death of the 10-year-old pupil.
"For now, the case has been classified under Section 507C of the Penal Code.
"We would also like to remind the public not to speculate or share any unverified information," he said in a statement the same day.
DCP Alzafny said the deceased was found unconscious in the toilet of the school on Wednesday afternoon (Oct 1).
He said the school's discipline teacher rushed him to a private health facility, but he was pronounced dead by a doctor.
Section 507C criminalises the use of threatening, abusive, or insulting words or actions that are likely to cause harassment, distress, fear, or alarm to another person, even if harm was not intended by the perpetrator.
The penalty for this offence is a term of imprisonment of up to one year, a fine, or both.
