00:00Five teenage girls have been charged in the Children's Court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
00:05with verbally abusing Form 1 student Zahra Karina Mahathir, who died last month.
00:10They were charged before Judge Elsie Primus in closed-door proceedings, Pernama reported.
00:17The five, whose identities are being withheld as they are below 18,
00:21were charged with uttering abusive words against the victim, which could have caused her distress.
00:26They were accused of committing the offence at Block A36 of SMK Agama Tundatu Mustafa in Limawan Papar
00:34at around 10pm to 11pm on July 15.
00:38They were charged under Section 507c subsection 1 of the Penal Code, which covers harassment and
00:45provides for up to a year in jail, a fine or both upon conviction. Zahra was found unconscious at
00:514am on July 16, after allegedly falling from the third floor of her school's hostel.
00:57She died at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital in Kota Kinabalu the following day.
01:02Natasha Bust, FMT
01:03Zahra Karina Mahathir
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