by Mastura Ismail and Philip Kiew February 25, 2010, Thursday
Tagged with: crime student
Attackers even recorded their atrocious act which left victim bruised and traumatised
LIMBANG: A group of secondary school students here punched and kicked a junior schoolmate just before the Chinese New Year and had the audacity to record their atrocious act which left their victim badly bruised and traumatised.
PROOF OF ALLEGED ATTACK: The victim’s mother shows the video recording of her son being bullied by his seniors. The footage is making its way from handphone to handphone in Limbang District.
The incident which happened at a local boarding school came to light recently when copies of the video were circulated here via handphones.
Despite his injuries, the victim, a Form 2 student from Lawas, kept quiet about the beating. He only nagged his parents to transfer him to another school.
His mother was shocked when she realised that her son was the victim in the five-minute video recording sent to her by a friend.
The video vividly shows a group of students mercilessly raining blows and kicks on the boy. Cowering in fear and pain in the footage, the boy pleaded to the group to stop hurting him, but his cries went unheeded.
In fact the assailants took turns to punch and kick him until he was injured in the face and body.
The aggressors were reportedly Form 3 students, and the cause of the beating was not immediately known.
The victim’s angry mother, who declined to be named in this report, said the whole family was shocked when they saw the video last Tuesday evening.
“I did not suspect anything when my friend sent me the video, but after watching it I was so shocked to see that the victim was my son,” she told Utusan Borneo here.
“The seniors punched and kicked him repeatedly. They showed no mercy, but continued to beat him up although he pleaded with them to stop,” she said.
The incident has deeply traumatised the boy who has kept to himself at his home in Lawas since the Chinese New Year.
His family found his behaviour rather odd, and his mother recalled that his right eye was bruised when they sent him back to school.
Now they understand why he nagged them about transferring him to a new school.
“What made us disappointed was the failure of the school to inform us although they knew about the beating.
“If we had not received the video, we would have remained ignorant of the whole matter,” she said.
She called the assault shameful and uncalled for.
“I want the authorities to investigate the case,” she said.
Meanwhile, Limbang police confirmed that a report on the case was lodged by the victim’s father yesterday.
Attempts to contact the school yesterday for comments on the incident were not successful. The senior assistant was said to be outstation.
On the phone, Sarawak Teacher Union chairman William Ghani Bina said the attack was regrettable, but stressed that it should be left to the police to investigate since a report has been lodged by the victim’s father.
Asked about the parent’s complaint that they were not informed by the school about the assault, he said it was unusual.
“Normally, under such circumstances parents would be informed,” he said.
The Borneo Post wanted Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister Office Datin Fatimah Abdullah (who was returning to Kuching after visiting Kabuloh Agriculture Station) to weigh in on the assault, but attempts to contact her were not successful.
Tagged with: crime student
Attackers even recorded their atrocious act which left victim bruised and traumatised
LIMBANG: A group of secondary school students here punched and kicked a junior schoolmate just before the Chinese New Year and had the audacity to record their atrocious act which left their victim badly bruised and traumatised.
PROOF OF ALLEGED ATTACK: The victim’s mother shows the video recording of her son being bullied by his seniors. The footage is making its way from handphone to handphone in Limbang District.
The incident which happened at a local boarding school came to light recently when copies of the video were circulated here via handphones.
Despite his injuries, the victim, a Form 2 student from Lawas, kept quiet about the beating. He only nagged his parents to transfer him to another school.
His mother was shocked when she realised that her son was the victim in the five-minute video recording sent to her by a friend.
The video vividly shows a group of students mercilessly raining blows and kicks on the boy. Cowering in fear and pain in the footage, the boy pleaded to the group to stop hurting him, but his cries went unheeded.
In fact the assailants took turns to punch and kick him until he was injured in the face and body.
The aggressors were reportedly Form 3 students, and the cause of the beating was not immediately known.
The victim’s angry mother, who declined to be named in this report, said the whole family was shocked when they saw the video last Tuesday evening.
“I did not suspect anything when my friend sent me the video, but after watching it I was so shocked to see that the victim was my son,” she told Utusan Borneo here.
“The seniors punched and kicked him repeatedly. They showed no mercy, but continued to beat him up although he pleaded with them to stop,” she said.
The incident has deeply traumatised the boy who has kept to himself at his home in Lawas since the Chinese New Year.
His family found his behaviour rather odd, and his mother recalled that his right eye was bruised when they sent him back to school.
Now they understand why he nagged them about transferring him to a new school.
“What made us disappointed was the failure of the school to inform us although they knew about the beating.
“If we had not received the video, we would have remained ignorant of the whole matter,” she said.
She called the assault shameful and uncalled for.
“I want the authorities to investigate the case,” she said.
Meanwhile, Limbang police confirmed that a report on the case was lodged by the victim’s father yesterday.
Attempts to contact the school yesterday for comments on the incident were not successful. The senior assistant was said to be outstation.
On the phone, Sarawak Teacher Union chairman William Ghani Bina said the attack was regrettable, but stressed that it should be left to the police to investigate since a report has been lodged by the victim’s father.
Asked about the parent’s complaint that they were not informed by the school about the assault, he said it was unusual.
“Normally, under such circumstances parents would be informed,” he said.
The Borneo Post wanted Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister Office Datin Fatimah Abdullah (who was returning to Kuching after visiting Kabuloh Agriculture Station) to weigh in on the assault, but attempts to contact her were not successful.
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