This comes after the premier residential secondary school allegedly tried to sweep the incident under the carpet and only handed punishment the family believed was not commensurate with their offence. A family member, who wished not to be named, said the victim sustained multiple injuries, including to his private part in the Sept 24 incident, which landed him in the hospital.

This happened during a purported hazing session by a group of Form 5 students against their Form 4 juniors, which she claimed was organised by the seniors to "instil discipline".   "The perpetrators admitted during a meeting session attended by parents and the school administrator that they were upset with the behaviour of Form 4 students.

"They said that Form 4 students were 'melampau' (gone overboard) by not turning up for 'prep' and failing to tuck in their shirts, among others. "So, they wanted to address the problem, we were told," claimed the family member. The victim, she said, was sent to the Kuala Kangsar Hospital at about 3am after one of his seniors did a 'rugby tackle' before several others started kicking and punching him.

His family found out about the incident when the school warden called to seek permission to send the victim to the hospital. However, while on their way from Kuala Lumpur, the parents received another call from the hospital saying the victim had to be transferred to Taiping Hospital due to the seriousness of his injuries.

He was later transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital as per his parents’ request.

'Political connection'

To add to the family’s frustration, the school decided to discipline the perpetrators with only several strokes of the rotan and made them promise to behave. "The perpetrators were not even suspended," she said, adding that the family has nothing against the school, but was upset with how its administrators handled the case.

Citing fear for the safety of the victim and other students, the family expressed hope that the attacker would be expelled or at least transferred to another school. She also claimed there was an attempt by the school and its Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to cover up the case.

XED : The parent-teacher association should be dissolved.

Thickskin : Punishment by school is inadequate and will fail to instill discipline and rule of law. As usual, there is more than meets the eye. The main perpetrator seems to be the son of a PTA member and has political connections to the top. This speaks volumes to our fight against corruption. So it seems that whichever party forms the government it is 'Same old same old'

GreenPony8913 : Bullying is bullying, what is there to dispute? Why is the PTA so determined to cover up the case? njuries had been caused to the victim, and he had to be hospitalised. This should be viewed as voluntary assault if proven so. That’s the problem with Malaysia, no one is ever held accountable just because someone has connections, so the vicious cycle continues.