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The Zara Qairina Mahathir case has not just opened an ugly can of worms over bullying at school; it could also cause political ripples ahead of the Sabah state election this year. Photo: Canva

The principal, senior assistant for student affairs, and all wardens of SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha will be temporarily placed at the Sabah State Education Department until investigation by the police is completed.

Zara Qairina was reported to have fallen from the third floor of a religious school dormitory building in Papar on July 16, before being pronounced dead the following day at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital.

Shahlan speaking to reporters on Sunday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given his assurance that the death of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir in Sabah will be investigated transparently without protecting anyone. Photo by Bernama

Police have confirmed that dikir barat singer Wan Norshaheeda Azlin Wan, better known as Eda Ezrin and another individual, Nur Aida Mamat, 33, completed giving their statements at the Rantau Panjang Police Station in Pasir Mas last night. Photo by Bernama

Eda Ezrin (left) with her mother Zahara Mamat, 47, after giving a statement to the police for over three hours at the Rantau Panjang Police Station yesterday. - Bernama photo

Bukit Aman's Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division's (D11) principal assistant director Senior Assistant Commissioner Siti Kamsiah Hassan

Zara Qairina Mahathir's mother will hand over her mobile phone, which contains audio recordings of phone conversations with her daughter, to the police.

Police shot dead a man, believed to be the mastermind of a robbery and housebreaking gang, in an incident on Jalan Bukit Tunku, early today. - Photo by Bernama