SHAH ALAM – Content creator, host and entertainer Ceddy Ang has spoken out following the shocking incident at a school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, where a 14-year-old male student allegedly attacked and killed a 16-year-old girl with a knife.
The social media influencer shared his thoughts on Instagram through his account @ceddyornot, emphasising that conversations around rejection and emotional control must begin at home.
“A student was murdered. If you are one of those people who ask, ‘did she reject him in a proper way?’ You are part of the problem,” he said.
Ceddy urged parents to teach their children how to respond to rejection, pointing out that rejection happens in many areas of life, such as in school and at work, not just in romantic relationships.
He warned that if people are not taught to use rejection as motivation to improve themselves, they may respond to future rejection with violence, which he stressed is never acceptable.
Ceddy stressed that the public’s focus should not be on how the victim rejected the attacker, but rather on larger issues such as access to dangerous weapons and the overall environment within schools.
“If we are talking about the recent incident, the focus is not about how they reject.
"It is about why that kid has access to weapons like that. That is the main focus,” he said.
He also urged the public to stop blaming victims whenever such cases occur and instead focus on the real issues happening in schools.
He expressed deep concern over the situation and stressed that the idea of ‘reject better’ does not exist.
He further reminded his followers that rejection is part of life and that how people interpret it can sometimes be beyond one’s control.
He provided an example that the rejection could be a simple, ‘No, I am not interested in you,’ yet the other person might be hostile because rejection is not something pleasant.
“It is true. Nobody likes to be rejected, but you have to know, at the end of the day, nobody owes you any acceptance either. So, do better. Please have a real conversation about this,” he added.