Overview

• The under-18 suspects are to appear on Aug 20 at the Kota Kinabalu Juvenile Court, the attorney general said.
• Prosecutors will proceed under Penal Code Section 507C(1) for threatening or abusive communications linked to bullying.
• The Attorney General’s Chambers said the charges will not impede the ongoing police investigation or the coroner’s inquest.
• Court schedules set multiple inquest sittings through late September after investigators interviewed 195 people.
• Public pressure after the case was initially closed spurred the reopened probe, protests and a promised nationwide anti-bullying campaign.