4 arrested for second Malaysian school gang rape: ‘total failure’ to protect children
Malaysians are voicing concern about the safety of their children after a recent spate of violent incidents in schools
Eight teenage boys have been arrested by police in two separate cases over the past fortnight. In both cases, the suspects were caught after videos of the alleged rape were discovered by teachers in their schools.
In the latest case, three students and a former pupil of a school in a rural town in northern Kedah state were arrested late on Sunday. The father of the victim had lodged a police report earlier that day after a disciplinary teacher informed him of a viral video showing his daughter naked.
The four suspects have been remanded for five days and police have seized six mobile phones to aid investigations, police told local media on Thursday, saying the alleged assaults took place inside the school compound over several months. All three students had been expelled, the Kedah State Education Department said on Thursday.
Last week, police in Melaka state – nearly 600km (310 miles) south of Kedah – arrested four high school students for allegedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl on October 2, and recording the assault on a mobile phone. Two of the teenagers were charged with rape on Thursday, with one pleading guilty to all charges and one claiming trial.