Fatal student assault: Kelantan Govt wants thorough investigation

The Kelantan government wants thorough investigation to be conducted on the death of a college student, believed to have been beaten by a senior student, in Bachok yesterday.

State Human Development, Education and Higher Study Committee chairman Datuk Fadzli Hassan said it was important as the society had to be assured of their children's safety while in school or college.

"We want the Education Department and the Education Ministry to look seriously on the discipline of students staying in hostels.

"Stern action should be taken on any students with disciplinary problems in schools," he told reporters after the state executive council meeting here Wednesday.

Fadzli said he was sad over the incident which befell the student and expressed his condolence to the boy's family.

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In the incident early Tuesday, a vocational college student in Bachok died after he was believed to be beaten by a senior student in the college hostel over a misunderstanding.

It happened about midnight when the victim, Mohamad Nur Akram Zime, 16, was awoken from sleep by a 17-year-old suspect who later allegedly assaulted him.

Mohamad Nur Akram was said to be unconscious after being allegedly kicked twice by the senior student and was then sent to a health clinic in Bachok where he was pronounced dead.