Miri Girl Bullies : Triad town Local chinese daily - Sin Chew - has been following the progress of the "Girl Bullies" issue in Miri. On the daily's website are 3 fresh articles posted today following up the initial report.

From the articles we are now sure that the victim is from another Miri secondary school - St. Columba - and the true date of the incident was on the 16th of June 2006, two weeks ago.

On Youtube.com numerous clips of the same video has been removed and reposted back on so some of you might not be able to load the video clip if the has been removed. I will try my best to keep all links updated.

On the previous post I meantioned a comment by ****** (censored nick to protect privacy) posted on the video clip comments on Youtube.com Here is the a longer version of it:

It happen coz of the gangster gal didnt pay for her food and the victim reported. Then victim was beaten up for the first time for that. But victim told others she was beaten up. Therefore she got beaten up for the second time (the video) for ALLEGEDly telling ppl she got beaten up the first time. Victim is not from Stjoe but Stco. Gangster Gals are from STjoe. Location at Taman Selera Miri.

*One of Gals' dad is a gangster. Therefore, there is a GAG on all EAST MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPERS NOT TO REPORT THE NEWS. Therefore, Only West Malaysian Papers dare to report the news. *Principal of Stjoe TRIES to cover up alleging it was staged. *Principal of Stjoe TRIES to say it is other schools' students, BUT he fail to notice that only STJOEs used BLUE ties in Miri !!

Victim cant RUN coz she would be severely injured if she run. Good that victim didnt fight back coz it would be called fighting if she did. AS she didnt response, it is called Bullying. With guys support, fighting back would also caused more injuries. She may be arrested also if she did hit back. Hope these clear matters

Here is a current discussion on this issue at miricommunity.net :

>> the local newspaper did not report this issue because for the safety of their staff, especially their reporters. If the published it, the "gangster family" might make life difficult for the staff. I remember once a reporter for a local newspaper got beaten up by friends and familys of the victim of a minor car accident for covering the accident at the scene. it happen a few months back. By the way, the reporter is a female.

>> Yes, but that was dumb. It was a simple accident, the pajero flipped. All the reporter did was take a pic to report on the accident and she was beaten up.

Miri kind of sound those triad runned towns to me. Seems like the government, police, newspapers and even schools over there are controled by triads. If that is true, I fear many crimes and violence happening on the east coast are covered up and never making it to Peninsular Malaysia. What we hear or see from Miri could just only be the tip of an iceberg.



Updates from Sin Chew Daily - The links below are in Mandarin:
Victim makes police report accompanied by girl's mother.
St.Columba Principle: Victim feared increasing problems if inform the school authorities.
Girls bully girl case will be investigated by Sarawak police force.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 3:15 PM  7 comments links to this post

  Updates on the Miri Girl Bullies The Star newspaper has a follow-up report in todays issue:

Girls in assault video identified

The Star's website is a bit busy today so you might need to refresh the page a couple of times to load the given link.

Base on the report the girl is currently 14 and her bruises were still visible when lodging a police report with her mother yesterday. The video was posted 1st on youtube.com on the 23th of June so I guess it's safe to assume the assault occured last week. The Education Ministry and state Education Department together with St. Joseph shcool authorities has launched an internal investigation to disect the matter. At this time no details from the investigation has been revealed.

Else where on the comment page of "St joe galz fighting (student girls fight)" on youtube.com, ****** (censored nick to protect privacy) wrote:

It happen coz of the gangster gal didnt pay for her food and the victim reported. Then victim was beaten up for the first time for that. But victim told others she was beaten up. Therefore she got beaten up for the second time (the video) for ALLEGEDly telling ppl she got beaten up the first time. Victim is not from Stjoe but Stco. Gangster Gals are from STjoe. Location at Taman Selera Miri.

A bit of insight into the situation but for now we'll need to wait for some official annoucement from the school's on going investigation before making any conclusions base on the comment above.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 9:51 AM  0 comments links to this post

  Miri Girl Bullies Updated News and Video links Saveral major chinese evening daily carried the incident on their front page yeasterday. Today, the news can be found in The Star. It seems that the west Malaysian press has published the news after tip-offs from readers while the east Malaysian press still hesitate to do so.

A post on miricommunity.net by ****** (censored nick to protect privacy) goes:

my friend's dad work in a local newspaper company. He told me that one of the girl's dad (heard is a local ganster) call them and threaten them not to publish the news. I don't know will they publish it or no. I think if they did not published it will mean that is for the safety of their staff lo.

Looks like parents with great social power in Miri can support and protect their children even if they did serious crimes. It's a pity that the local authorities cannot do anything about people with gangster support as it threatens the safety of themselfs and their family.

The link to the video source posted on the earlier article is outdated. Here are updated link to the video clip and news sites regarding this incident.

Video Source:
Miri Girl Bullies 3GP version(download in .3gp format from savefile.com) New!
Comment page of taken down video still up.

Miri Girl Bullies (view on youtube.com)
Miri Girl Bullies (download in .mov format from savefile.com)
Flash video file ripped from youtube.com (.flv file requires flash video player)

English News:
The Star
The Star (Follow up report) 6/30
The Star (Follow up report) 7/1

Mandarin News:
China Press
Sin Chew Daily
Guang Ming Daily  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 8:45 AM  0 comments links to this post

  Teenage Bullying Caught In The Act
This video clip posted on 23th of June 2006 at YouTube.com which shows a gang of girls beating up a girl while some boys stand watch with one filming the 6 minute plus footage on the cellphone. Base on the title of the video, these students are from St. Joseph's secondary school in Miri, Sarawak.

In the video, the girls questioned the victim in mandarin if she told someone about them beating her previously. The victim remain silent while the girls began slapping, beating and pulling her hair. One of the girls even strike the victim with a belt somewhere in the middle of the clip.

With the “Caught in the act” article on the front page of yesterday's “The Star” which relates to a similar incident involving students from Kota Tinggi, Johor. With handphone usage getting prominent among shcool childrens, searching for the right words on the internet might find you some familiar faces in trouble.

Please give your view on the video and suggestion to tackle this social problem.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 10:41 AM  14 comments links to this post