Five students of the Mara Junior Science College in Besut are on remand for three days from today in connection with a bullying case at the school.

The remand order, which expires this Sunday, was issued by senior assistant registrar Yuhanis  Roslan at the Kuala Terengganu Magistrate's Court.

The five students, aged between 15 and 17,  were remanded for investigation under Section 147 of the Penal Code.

Besut police chief Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu, in a statement yesterday, said a Form Two student lodged a report alleging he was bullied by several Form Three students around 11.30pm last Tuesday, resulting in pain in his abdomen as well as right rib and bruises on his back.

The incident was discovered by a dormitory warden, who contacted the victim's family to send him for medical treatment.

- Bernama