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- A 14-year-old boy in Malaysia is on trial for the murder of 16-year-old student Yap Shing Xuyen, who was found fatally stabbed in her school toilet in a Kuala Lumpur suburb last October.
- The boy has denied the charge; if convicted, he faces decades in prison and caning, though no death penalty can be imposed because of his age.
- Police earlier said social media may have influenced the boy, and a note found on him intensified a national debate about online harms to children.
- Following the case and other school violence, Malaysian authorities have banned children under 16 from holding accounts on major social media platforms from June.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the boy's trial, which is ongoing
- How Malaysia enforces the new under-16 social media ban from June
- Further government action on school violence and children's online access, as promised by PM Anwar Ibrahim
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