3 Kangar Form One students remanded for alleged bullying

 The victim told his mother he fractured his left ankle in one of the bullying incidents at school.

Kangar police chief Yusharifuddin Yusop said the victim’s mother had earlier been informed by his class teacher that her son had slipped while entering the classroom and was unable to walk. (Facebook pic)

KANGAR:

Three Form 1 students at a secondary school here have been remanded for two days from today to assist in an investigation into the alleged bullying of a schoolmate that left him with a fractured left ankle.

Kangar police chief Yusharifuddin Yusop said police received a report on the incident at about 11.30pm on Thursday.

He said the victim’s 39-year-old mother had been informed by his class teacher at about 12.30pm that her son, also a Form 1 student, had slipped while entering the classroom and was unable to walk.

She picked up her son at about 1pm and took him to Tuanku Fauziah Hospital here, where a doctor confirmed that he had fractured his left ankle.

Yusharifuddin said the boy told his mother at the hospital that he had been bullied for several months, culminating in the incident that day which caused the injury.

The three students are believed to have kicked and hit the victim, thrown two large rubbish bins at his body and head, and spat on him.

They are also suspected of extorting the boy by demanding his pocket money.

The case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt using dangerous weapons, and Section 507B for causing harassment, distress, fear or alarm. - FMT