Zara Qairina case: Five minors to be charged this Wednesday

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18 Aug 2025 • 5:39 PM MYT
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Zara Qairina was reported to have fallen from the third floor of a religious school dormitory building in Papar on July 16, before being pronounced dead the following day at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR – Five teenagers, all under the age of 18, are set to be charged this Wednesday at the Children’s Court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, in connection with the bullying case involving the late Form One student, Zara Qairina Mahathir.

Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar confirmed that the charges against the minors would be brought before the juvenile court.

“They will be charged the day after tomorrow in relation to the bullying of the late Zara Qairina,” he said when contacted by the media.

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