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The 15-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 16-year-old schoolmate, Yap Shing Xuen, has been acquitted of murder after the Shah Alam High Court found that he was of unsound mind at the time of the incident
According to the New Straits Times, Judge Adlin Abdul Majid ordered the boy to be detained and treated at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Perak at the pleasure of the Sultan of Selangor.
The boy's lawyer, Kitson Foong, told reporters after the closed-door proceedings that the defence had successfully established the requirements under Section 84 of the Penal Code, which provides for the defence of insanity.
He said the prosecution had failed to rebut the defence.
Lawyer Kitson Foong (left) and the accused.
Image via Bernama/Berita HarianThe boy was accused of fatally stabbing his Form Four schoolmate in the girls' toilet at a school in Bandar Utama between 9.20am and 9.35am on 14 October last year
The proceedings were held in accordance with the Child Act 2001 as the accused is a minor. His identity is therefore protected and cannot be reported.
