Student beaten up for refusing to join gang

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Student beaten up for refusing to join gang



ALOR STAR: A 16-year-old student was beaten up by a group of men outside his school in Lorong Merpati here for refusing to join their gang.

The Form Four boy suffered injuries on his head which needed more than 15 stitches in the 7am incident yesterday.

The student, from Jalan Kuala Kedah, said two cars stopped near a stall where he was having breakfast with his friends and six men emerged. Two, wearing helmets and armed with metal rods, started attacking him.

“They shouted foul language at me and asked why I refused to join their gang,” he said when met at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital.

He said the beating only stopped when passers-by threatened to call the police. A schoolmate sent him to hospital. He later lodged a police report.

“I fear for my life because the men know where I live,” he said.

Kota Star OCPD Assistant Comm Frederick Liso Senap said police were investigating.