Revising SOPs on bullies futile without follow-through, govt told

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A parents group says criminal negligence charges should be considered for educators who fail to act on complaints, if bullying culminates in serious harm to the victim.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/15/revising-sops-on-bullies-futile-without-follow-through-govt-told  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/08/15/buli-sia-sia-kaji-semula-sop-tanpa-tindakan-susulan-kerajaan-diberitahu  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #SOP #Bullying #PAGE

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00:00As the Ministry reviews its SOPs for dealing with school bullies, a Parents Group says

00:05the Education Ministry must ensure that school authorities will follow through on reports

00:10of bullying.

00:12This follows an announcement by the Education Ministry that SOPs on school safety and the

00:16handling of disciplinary issues, including bullying, would be reviewed following the

00:21death of Form 1 student Zahra Khairina Mahathir.

00:25The Parent Action Group for Education Chairman Noor Azeemah Rahim said the revamped SOPs

00:29must go beyond the basic mechanism of report, investigate, punish, to include early intervention,

00:36protection, and follow-through.

00:38She said schools should be required to log bullying complaints into the Education Ministry

00:42system within 24 hours with complaints automatically escalated to the District Education Office

00:48or State Education Department if no action or follow-up is documented within seven days.

00:54She added that educators who ignore or downplay complaints should face disciplinary action

00:58ranging from formal warnings to suspension or, in severe cases, termination.

01:03She also said the Adwan Bully portal, which will be revamped to allow anonymity for complainants,

01:08must have two-way confidential communication so that authorities can probe complaints without

01:13revealing the victim's identity.

01:15While reports should be reviewed by a unit within the Ministry rather than the school involved.

01:20Alliance for Safe Community Chairman Lee Lam Thai also suggested for schools with sufficient

01:25resources to install CCTVs all around as a deterrent and to assist in probes into bullying.

01:31He said while the government could introduce a specific law to deal with bullying in schools,

01:36it would be more important to ensure the Ministry adopts measures that are practical, realistic,

01:41and workable.

01:42Naram Tharajah, FMT.

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