Zara Qairina Mahathir, who died after allegedly falling from the third floor of her school hostel in Sabah, claimed that one of her friends was almost “touched” by Form Four students.
Zara Qairina had alleged the incident in a conversation with her mother, Noraidah Lamat, a recording of which has made the rounds on social media, Sinar Harian reported.
The 13-year-old had claimed that her friend was summoned to a classroom in her school after being accused of spreading a rumour that a woman had a crush on one of the senior students.
Zara Qairina said her friend had gone to the classroom alone and was confronted by a group of seniors.
“She was almost touched then,” Zara Qairina was heard saying.
Zara Qairina also claimed that her friend cried after the incident.
Noraidah went on to remark that maybe her daughter too had been slandered in the past.
According to Sinar Harian, the recording was among the evidence to prove that bullying was going on in the school.
When contacted, Noraidah’s lawyer, Hamid Ismail, confirmed the recording.
Prior to this, two other recordings were made public, one of which suggested that Zara Qairina was worried about her safety prior to the incident.
Zara Qairina was found unconscious at 4am on July 16 after she allegedly fell from the third floor of her school hostel in Papar, Sabah.
She died the next day at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital in Kota Kinabalu.
Sabah police commissioner Jauteh Dikun had said Bukit Aman was reviewing the case and police had not ruled out the possibility that the Form One student had been bullied.
