Element of repetitiveness missing in anti-bullying law


I REFER to the report “Police investigating Year 4 pupil death under anti-bullying laws” (The Star, Oct 2; https://tinyurl.com/82pz7zyy).

The Penal Code (Sections 507B-507G) 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.

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