KUALA LUMPUR: The deaths of young people featured prominently in court proceedings this week, from the murder of a 16-year-old girl by her classmate to a student killed in a crash on school grounds and a five-year-old girl killed in a six-vehicle pile-up.
In Batu Pahat, a Form 4 student was charged with murdering his classmate, Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, at their school in Yong Peng.
In Kota Baru, a teacher claimed trial to negligence charges over a crash that killed a Form 1 student and injured another. In Kuala Lumpur, a 24-year-old motorist denied causing five-year-old Asiah Ahmad Syahir's death through reckless driving.
Two other children's deaths also featured in court proceedings.
