The proposed anti-bullying law must go beyond punishing perpetrators by tackling the culture in schools and colleges that allow bullying to persist, says Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
Syed Saddiq (Muda-Muar) criticised educational institutions for failing to act against bullying, citing the murder of former Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain.
He said schools and universities should have been held accountable, as their inaction made them “complicit” and “guilty by omission”.
“That is why I suggest that this law’s (enforcement) be expanded so that it is not only used on bullies, but on the support system,” he said while debating the Anti-Bully Bill, tabled for a second reading in the Dewan Rakyat…