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Cops nab nine teen boys over school brawls in Butterworth

Clip of fights have gone viral, including scenes of group assaulting male student

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 20 May 2023 8:30PM

Cops nab nine teen boys over school brawls in Butterworth
Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin says nine teenage boys nabbed over their alleged involvement in two fights at a school in Butterworth will most likely be released on police bail today. – Briged Utara PGA Facebook pic, May 20, 2023

GEORGE TOWN – Police have arrested nine teenage boys for alleged involvement in two recent fights at a secondary school in Butterworth.

Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said the boys, eight who are still in school and one school-leaver, were arrested separately around Butterworth yesterday.

“The investigating officer is recording the statements from them and most probably we will release them on police bail today because they are still students and underage,” he told reporters here today.

He added that both cases were being investigated under Sections 329 and 147 of the Penal Code.

A 32-second video had gone viral yesterday depicting the two separate brawls in the same school, including scenes of a male student being repeatedly punched and kicked by several students, presumably in a toilet. – Bernama, May 20, 2023

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