KUALA LUMPUR — Police have begun investigating an alleged bullying case involving bullying of a cadet officer by a senior at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM).
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said an investigation paper (IP) was opened following a report lodged by the 20-year-old victim at about 8.20 pm yesterday and the investigation is under Section 324 of the Penal Code.
“The incident is said to have happened at 11.45 pm last Oct 22 in the UPNM dormitory room after a senior student, 22, who is also a fourth-year cadet officer, asked the victim to iron his shirt.
“While the victim was ironing the shirt, the senior student is alleged to have snatched the iron from him and pressed it on the victim’s chest, ” he told Bernama.
Razarudin said the victim was scalded in the incident which happened in the presence of a few other senior students.
He said the police had recorded the victim’s statement and also advised him to go to a hospital to confirm his injury.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said his government will not tolerate a bullying culture in educational institutions and instructed the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) and the Education Ministry (MOE) to take a stronger stance against gangsterism, bullying and thuggish behaviour in educational institutions under their jurisdictions. — November 2, 2024