The Coroner's Court was today told that teachers at SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha had been under immense stress and were afraid to go out in public following intense social media “attacks” by netizens over the death of student Zara Qairina Mahathir.

A former senior assistant of student affairs at the school, Asni Marjan, 56, said the barrage of criticism and online hostility had led several teachers to delete their Facebook accounts, while some became fearful of going to shopping malls, shops, or even the market.