Joint school safety awareness campaign to be launched following fatal stabbing

KUALA LUMPUR: Several organisations are joining forces to respond to the call for safer schools following recent cases of violence happening to students. The awareness campaign will be for school students, parents, teachers and principals, said MCA. "Education reform is essential. Schools should be the safest places, yet we are seeing tragic incidents. "We are partnering with NGOs...

Selangor Government to Hold Meetings with parents, teachers, students of SMK Bandar Utama 4

KLANG: The Selangor state government will hold meetings with parents, teachers and students of SMK Bandar Utama 4, says Selangor mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He added that the decision to do so was made at the state executive council meeting yesterday and was aimed at addressing various issues following the murder of a 16-year-old...

Cops record 127 statements in connection to BU school stabbing

PETALING JAYA: The police have recorded the statements of 127 individuals in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Yap Shing Xuen at SMK Bandar Utama 4. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shamsudin Mamat said the statements of the witnesses are essential in assisting the police in investigating the tragedy. "So far, we have recorded statements from 127...

School stabbing: ‘I’m heartbroken my son did this,’ says suspect’s father

PETALING JAYA: The father of the 14-year-old student who stabbed a girl to death at a Bandar Utama school is heartbroken over the incident. "I am heartbroken my son did this. "I know that no matter what I say, it’s useless. No matter what I do, I can’t get their daughter back. I don’t know how to...

School stabbing: She had rejected his feelings, says friend

PETALING JAYA: The boy who stabbed a girl to death at a Bandar Utama school is believed to have confessed his feelings to the victim and was rejected, reports Chinese media. According to China Press, a friend of the victim said the boy confessed to the victim the night before the incident. The friend, who wished to...