The police have taken statements from 23 male students from a school in Section 25, Shah Alam, for allegedly being involved in a fight yesterday at their school.

According to Bernama , Shah Alam police chief ACP Zahedi Ayob said teachers stopped the the brawl between Form Four and Form Five students before they were brought to a counselling room while awaiting the police.

The police then took the students to the Section 15 Police Station where they were quizzed on the cause of the incident, he told reporters yesterday.

They were allowed to go home after the police recorded their statements, he said, adding that the police would discuss with the school on a counselling session for them.

A mother of one of the students injured in a fracas that occurred last week, however, has accused the school authorities concerned of being nonchalant about the matter.

Kia Ooi Meng alleged that on April 13 she saw injuries on her son  and learnt that he was beaten up by eight boys at the school.

However, the school authorities had declined to take further action.

Kia told Malaysiakini that this was allegedly because a police report had already been lodged over the incident.

“(The principal) should have been more concerned, because the incident happened in his school. Up until today, the principal still does not want to know about what happened to my son,” she said.

Kia said her son suffered injuries to the head and other parts of his body and  learnt that at least one of them had used a chair in the assault. 

“Now, my son does not want to go to school, although he has to because he will be taking his PMR exams this year,” she added.

She also claimed f that there had been previous incidents of fights breaking out in the school.

When contacted, the school informed Malaysiakini the principal could not come to the telephone as he was  too busy tending to by other matters.