Overview

• Three current secondary school students and one former student were detained in Baling on Oct 12 after a father lodged a report based on a disciplinary teacher’s alert about a circulating nude video of his daughter.
• All four suspects were remanded for five days from the date of arrest, and investigators seized six mobile phones for analysis, according to district police.
• The investigation is proceeding under Section 375B of the Penal Code for gang rape and under laws covering the transmission of child pornography, offences that carry lengthy prison terms and caning.
• Local media reported preliminary findings that sexual acts, including group sex, occurred between May and August at several locations within the school compound.
• Authorities have withheld ages and other identifying details, and the case follows separate recent school incidents in Melaka involving an alleged gang rape and in Selangor involving a fatal stabbing.