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Nik Muhammad Afiq (centre) is taken out of the court lockup.

The murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Bandar Utama on Oct 14, 2025, allegedly by a 14-year-old boy armed with sharp weapons, has shocked Malaysia and reignited concerns over student safety, mental health and youth violence. - BERNAMA FILE PIX

Muhammad Aiman ​​Suhaimi, 30, was charged in the Sessions Court today with two counts of seriously injuring his parents using a samurai sword last December. Photo by Bernama

The Magistrate’s Court today fixed Jan 16 for the submission of a psychiatric report on a teenage boy charged with murdering a 16-year-old female student in a Bandar Utama secondary school in October.

According to the charge sheet, Nurshazwani is accused of assaulting or using criminal force against Sultan Nazrin on the grandstand in front of the Ipoh City Council on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab at 8am on Aug 31. - Bernama photo

A former private college student was sentenced by the High Court today to three months’ imprisonment and fined RM10,000, in default five months in jail, after pleading guilty to an alternative charge of infanticide.

Hospital Bahagia, one of Malaysia’s main psychiatric institutions, has seen a steady increase in mental health cases involving children and teenagers since the pandemic. - 123RF photo

Yasin Sulaiman is escorted from the vehicle upon arrival at the Palace of Justice today for his appeal against the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane after being found guilty of three drug-related offences. - Bernama photo

The Magistrates' Court today ordered a man charged with murdering his mother and storing her body in a refrigerator three years ago to undergo a mental evaluation at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta.

The Court of Appeal has set April 28 to hear an appeal by Nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman, who is currently serving life imprisonment after being convicted for three drug-related offences. - BERNAMA FILE PIX