By V. Shankar

KLANG, MALAYSIA: At least 10 Form Two schoolboys allegedly molested two girls of the same age in a classroom during the assembly at a school here on Tuesday.

The incident is said to have happened when the students were walking to the assembly hall.

The boys are said to have cornered the girls and forced them into a classroom and closed the doors. While several stood guard, the rest molested the girls and asked them to remove their uniforms.

Both girls refused and they were let off some 20 minutes later.

They later told their families what had taken place and the father of one of the girls confronted school authorities and demanded action.

Teachers were also shocked by the incident and it was learnt the school was conducting a thorough investigation into the matter.

However, no police report has been lodged.

District Criminal Investigation Department chief Deputy Superintendent Ruslan Ibrahim said no report had been lodged pertaining to the case but he understood that the parents had seen the school authorities about it.

There have also been several thefts at the school this week.

Two school laptops, a teacher's handphone and cash were stolen during school hours. The laptops were stolen from one of the rooms in the school.

In connection with these thefts, it is learned that four students have been transferred out immediately.

There was also a fight in the compound last Tuesday when 10 boys were said to have beaten up two other boys. Following the fight, school authorities learnt some were planning a reprisal attack and are trying to prevent it.

Meanwhile, police have arrested 16 students from two school gangs in connection with the stabbing of a student at a school in Kapar.

The stabbing left one boy hospitalised and three others were treated for cuts.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Mat Yusop said the school was considered the most problematic in the district as there had been many cases of fights there.

He said some of the fights happened outside the school compound and tit-for-tat attacks were becoming common.

He added that most of the fights were over trivial matters, such as students staring at each other.

--NST