BULLYING IS AS MUCH A PART OF SCHOOL AS HOMEWORK AND EXAMS!
Were you bullied in school? I was, and frequently, even in Form 4. Only the friendship of a BIG, kind classmate helped protect me until the end of Form 5.
I have BAD memories of those times of being bullied which was why, when my boys were in primary school, I tried to be there just after school, to observe and protect. Yes, there was a lot of bullying going on, and in one case, the assistant HM couldn’t stop it. As a teacher, I tried to contain bullying. No, it was never effective in the long run. And no, we might never be able to eradicate bullying.
School Bullies Will Now Be Sent For Training With The Military Or Police Force
In an effort to curb bullying and disciplinary problems in schools, bullies will be sent to undergo training with the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) or the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM).
According to Berita Harian, Datuk Chong Sin Woon, Deputy Education Minister II, said that the students that are involved with bullying will undergo theoretical and physical training continuously.
He also said that students who are more prone to get involved with disciplinary issues will also be sent to the same training, which is included in the government’s effort in the fight against bullying in schools.
“The Ministry has established the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) along with ATM and PDRM in order to tackle the issue of undisciplined school students in a more focused manner.
“We have also set up a Crime Prevention Club, established a School Liaison Officer with the help of the police and held a consortium with parents, the State Education Department (JPN) and the District Education Office (PPD) to address this issue,” said the minister during a question and answer session at the Dewan Rakyat today.
Chong was answering a question from Datuk Mohd Zaim Abu Hasan (BN-Parit) regarding plans put in place by the government to solve physical and psychological abuse in schools.
As young adults, 19 per cent in the UK group and 18 per cent in the US group had mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
Children who are bullied by their peers may be more likely to suffer mental health problems later in life than kids who are abused by adults, a study suggests.
Previous research has linked physical, emotional and sexual abuse during childhood to psychological difficulties later in life. Bullying too can have severe, long-lasting psychological and physical effects.
For the new study, researchers looked for associations between maltreatment, being bullied, and long term mental health problems.
In particular, they say, they wanted to know whether mental health problems in kids exposed to those kinds of experiences are due to both maltreatment and bullying or whether bullying has a unique effect.
“We found, somewhat surprisingly, that those who were bullied and maltreated were not at higher risk than those just bullied,” senior study author Dieter Wolke, a psychology professor at the University of Warwick in the UK, said by email.
The data came from two large studies that tracked mental health in children and then followed them at least until at least age 18. One study, from the US, included more than 1,200 participants. The other, from the UK, involved more than 4,000.
Both studies relied on a combination of interviews with parents to track abuse in younger children as well as reports of bullying by older children.
PENAMPANG: Four teenage girls were held for investigations today into a brawl that injured two of their schoolmates.
Three Form One girls and one who was in Form Two were detained at the district police headquarters here at about 2pm for investigations into the fight outside the SMK Limbanak school compound on April 1.
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Acting district police chief Deputy Superintendent Azmir Abdul Razak confirmed the arrests and that investigations are continuing.
He said the two Form One girls who were beaten up had received outpatient treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The father of one of the injured girls had lodged a report about the fight.
All the four suspects however had been released after their statements were recorded for ongoing investigations.
ALOR SETAR (Kedah) – Six pupils who allegedly bullied their classmate at a primary school in the Malaysian city of Alor Setar have been picked up by the police.
Kedah police chief Zamri Yahya yesterday said four police reports have been lodged after video footage of the incident went viral on Facebook and YouTube.
In the video clip, the boy was in tears as his schoolmates kicked, hit and put a dustbin over his head. A broom was also used to taunt the crying victim.
ALOR STAR: Another alleged school bully incident has gone viral on social media involving a Year 6 pupil in Jalan Langgar here.
The two-minute video clip began circulating on Whatsapp application yesterday, showed a primary student bullied and teased by several other pupils in a classroom.
The victim was also kicked and pushed around while he cried helplessly. Several of the students were seen throwing rubbish and a rubbish basket at the victim.
Earlier today, the school held a meeting between the pupils, their parents and police.
The victim’s mother said that she decided against lodging a report and urged the police to speak to the pupils involved and advise them.
Cops identify ‘black singlet’ boy in bullying video
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified the main suspect who appeared in a video clip showing a group of boys bullying nine others, believed to be at the dormitory of a school hostel in Pontian, Johor, four years ago.
The video, which went viral on the social media, showed the suspect wearing a black singlet.
Inspector-General of Police Secretariat (Corporate Communications) assistant chief ACP Asmawati Ahmad said a check with the school concerned found that the suspect had been expelled in August 2011.
“Several other suspects and victims (who appeared in the video clip) have also been identified.
“However, until now, there is no police report from the victims or their families and the school also confirmed there was no report on the incident,” she said in a statement here Thursday.
The video clip, lasting four minutes and 37 seconds, shows a group of boys assaulting nine other boys.
Five students in bullying video charged with rioting
KANGAR: Five of six students who were recorded in a video bullying and assaulting a smaller boy have been charged in the Juvenile Court here.
The boys aged between 13 and 14, together with another 15-year-old boy who is still at large, were jointly charged under Section 147 of the Penal Code for rioting.
The five teens yesterday claimed trial to the charge of causing hurt and using violence against an 11-year-old boy between May 31 and June 1 at the Dr Siti Hasmah Orphanage hostel in Jejawi near here.
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Magistrate Norhayati Ibrahim set Dec 24 for mention and fixed bail at RM500 for each accused with one surety. The teens did not post the bail and have been remanded.
In Kota Kinabalu, Education director-general Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said two of the boys had been expelled from school.
The ministry, he said, was committed in ensuring a safe environment for students.
Samseng taik kucing..satu lawan satulah kalau dah berani sangat…budak2 bolehlah …meh lawan dgn aku ni..baru tau sape abg long kawasan yng sebenar…ishh buat aku panas je budak ni.
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School bullying case on video drew anger from netizens
PETALING JAYA: A video clip depicting students being involved in yet another bullying case is going viral on Facebook, drawing anger from netizens.
The five-minute video clip which was taken in a dorm and believed to be in a boarding school, showed a group of boys being beaten up by their schoolmates.
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At the beginning of the clip, 9 boys were seen lining up obediently before one of them was kicked by another boy who was physically bigger.
A few others then joined the fray, but one boy who was wearing a black singlet was seen more aggressive than the rest.
He was seen kicking, punching and shoving the weaker boys who were seen too afraid to retaliate.
ALOR SETAR: An Islamic secondary boarding school here has come out to deny that its students were involved in a bullying case where a video clip of it has gone viral on Facebook.
Maktab Mahmud Board (Lembaga Maktab Mahmud) student affairs spokesperson Lukman Hassan said the bullying incident allegedly took place in the school.
“We have 12 Maktab Mahmud in Kedah, each in the districts.
“After some checks, we found that the students in the video were not from our schools based on their attire and the background of the hostel,” he told The Star when contacted Tuesday.
This is the boy who waas reported to have spent time in the Intensive Care Unit of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
Eight suspects have been identified by police in relation to the alleged beating.
Malay Mail Online
Students beat up son for three hours, says mum
October 26, 2014
KLANG, Oct 26 — A Form Two student from the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Balik Pulau, Penang, has been left traumatised after he was allegedly beaten up for three hours by a group of Form Four students.
Dinie Shafiq Baharul Isham, the youngest of five siblings, was kicked in his stomach and ribs and his arm was burnt with an iron during the alleged incident on Wednesday.
Met at his house here yesterday, Dinie Shafiq refused to speak about it and played with his handphone instead.
His mother, Noraini Jusoh, 47, said she was shocked over the incident, which resulted in her son suffering a broken rib.
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“It apparently started after someone broke into one of the Form Three students’ locker a few days earlier. Branded shoes were stolen. The Form Three student suspected it was done by Form Four students. So, a group of Form Three students decided to look for the stolen items,” she said.
However, the Form Four students thought it was the Form Two students who were responsible for the break-in.
Noraini said the seniors told a group of Form Two students to meet them but her son hid in the surau and escaped the first round of beating.
She said they came back for him the next day.
“My son was among those randomly picked and blamed, but he suffered the most injuries,” she said.
BALIK PULAU: A Form Two student is in critical condition after being allegedly beaten by a group of seniors at their hostel.
The 14-year-old of Mara Junior Science College Balik Pulau suffered broken ribs and shoulders following the Wednesday night incident. It is learnt that the bashing occurred for several hours until early the next day.
Sources said that a misunderstanding over a stolen pair of branded shoes could have led to the beating.
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When the boy arrived at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, his father took him straight to the hospital in Klang, Selangor, for a check-up.
The boy is said to be warded in the Intensive Care Unit of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang as fragments of the rib bones had affected his heart.
Muhammad Sharil Aiman Mohd Ashrof,15, claimed that he was kicked and punched by four students after he was cornered by more than 15 boys. KHAIRUL HAMIZY RAMLEE
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KUALA TERENGGANU: A form three student from Kampung Atas Tol, here, was injured after he was attacked by four other students near his school in Kampung Chendering on Wednesday evening.
In the 1.30pm incident, the victim Muhammad Sharil Aiman Mohd Ashrof,15, claimed that he was kicked and punched by four students after he was cornered by more than 15 boys.
The victim’s father Mohd Ashrof A Rahman, 33, rushed to the scene after he was informed by a relative about the incident and saw his son in pain several metres away from his school.
Mohd Ashrof said he then sent Sharil Aiman to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital for treatment before lodging a report at the Chendering police station 30 minutes later.
” My wife Rosmawati Embong, 33, told me that our son was bullied by several students at his school last week, ” he said.
Sharil Aiman received outpatient treatment at the hospital for bruises.
The girls shown bullying another in a video clip uploaded on YouTube will undergo rehabilitation for two years at the Sekolah Tunas Bakti in Terengganu, Melaka and Miri, respectively.
KOTA SAMARAHAN
Magistrate Zulhairil Sulaiman made the order in chambers here on Friday, following their guilty plea on June 23, to voluntarily causing hurt to a Form Three student of the same school on April 25 around 9.40am.
Female students in viral video who beat up schoolmate plead guilty
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Three female students from a secondary school here who assaulted a fellow student and captured the act on video – which later went viral on the Internet – pleaded guilty in a Magistrate’s Court here Monday.
The trio, all aged 16, admitted to the charge of voluntarily causing hurt before Magistrate Zulhairil Sulaiman.
Following the admission by the three girls, Zulhairil ordered their release on bail of RM5,000 each, with their own parents as sureties pending the probation report.
They were also required to report to the nearest police station once a week until further mention of the case.
Video of a Schoolgirl Beaten Up by a Group of Schoolmates Went Viral
The video was most recently shared by local comedian Zizan Razak — of Raja Lawak fame — who posted it on his Facebook page with the note:
“Gangster sekolah… siapa tahu sekolah mana ni? cepat sebarkan!! biar sampai ke Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia.” (School gangster… who knows which school this is? Spread it fast! Let it reach the Education Ministry of Malaysia.)
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24 June 2014
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Cops: No rise in bullying, just more videos
The Malay Mail Online
BUKIT MERTAJAM, June 24 — The number of bullying incidents in schools has not increased, but videos of such incidents posted on social websites have.
Bukit Aman Crime Prevention Department director Datuk Ayub Yaakob said cases of bullying in schools and ragging in institutes of high learning existed, but because they were constantly shared on social media, there was a perception that the number of cases had gone up.
“In fact, there is no rise in bullying incidents in schools, but more on the social websites,” he said after closing the 16th national level police cadet camp at the co-curriculum centre in Alma here yesterday.
He said those who had an exceptional passion to share everything usually did it to gain attention.
“They want attention and therefore feel the need to share it with other people on the Internet,” he said.
He was commenting on a video depicting a schoolgirl being beaten up by a group of schoolmates in Sarawak that went viral on social media early this month.
Another video on a girls brawl goes viral on social media today after a video with a similar incident at a school in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, went viral two days ago. This happened despite, deputy education minister P Kamalanathan yesterday telling parents that the government viewed the issue of bullying in schools seriously and vowed to fight the symptom.
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Timbalan Menteri ikrar mahu hentikan kes buli di sekolah
Deputy Minister wants to stop cases of bullying at school
Published on 03 June 2014 17:44
The government takes cases of bullying very seriously and ensured they will act to address the issue according to Deputy Education Minister, P. Kamalanathan. Commenting on an incident that occurred at a school in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak where a video had been uploaded to social media, he said the police were investigating the incident and he will take action after that.
This is the second bullying case that we came across this week. Bullying in schools could be happening more frequently then what we assume. Some incidents may not even be recorded not reported.Are the school authorities taking any precaut…See More
Video of a Schoolgirl Beaten Up by a Group of Schoolmates Went Viral
The video was most recently shared by local comedian Zizan Razak — of Raja Lawak fame — who posted it on his Facebook page with the note:
“Gangster sekolah… siapa tahu sekolah mana ni? cepat sebarkan!! biar sampai ke Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia.” (School gangster… who knows which school this is? Spread it fast! Let it reach the Education Ministry of Malaysia.)
Since his post yesterday, the video had over 1,300 shares, with many condemning the actions of the girls.
This is just the latest of several such viral videos, depicting a horrific scenario among Malaysian students.
Almost a year ago, in March 2013, a similar video began circulating in the social sphere, this one of three secondary schoolboys beating a schoolmate.
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