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The proposed extension of the bullying tribunal's jurisdiction to individuals aged 18 and above, including university students, will require further consideration by the Cabinet.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the government has yet to make a decision on the matter, which would require consultation with the relevant ministry.

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00:01Assuming let's say if a case comes to the tribunal and then to get resolved but the same perpetrator
00:07also acts again and the same victim also is involved. Does the case come back again to the
00:12tribunal or this time will it go to the hospital? It depends on the tribunal when they receive
00:17any amount because some cases the evaluation circumstances are different. Some they will
00:21reject, some they accept. But I think basically what we want is to have the tribunal to be the
00:26intervention system right now. But as what the child conditioners mentioned, the schools, our schools
00:31already got a certain system based on the agreement by the government to come up with this tribunal.
00:38The requirement that the tribunal requested that KPM will have to play its role
00:42and if they are not going to KPM to find the mechanism for mediating their dispute, the tribunal
00:50is one existing option but at the same time it's still the choice of the perpetrators and the
00:56victim on how they want to. This is like an alternate dispute resolution mechanism that we're allowing
01:01the tribunal to participate. But again I mentioned my speech the emphasis on the the tribunal looks both
01:08at the victim and the perpetrators so that when they give out issue of award they also will add in
01:14certain
01:14assistance on the emotional challenges and all that. So it's not just going to look at damages or
01:20punishment law. So my point here of course when cases come to tribunal of course the schools will also
01:26be aware and there will be a lot of continuous discussion because basically what we want is to
01:31find solution but I think I keep mentioning that this is like the sexual harassment tribunal the whole
01:36main intention was to create this as a deterrence measure. So when you know that there is a tribunal that
01:42will look into a bully conduct the percentage of it lesson is there rather than not have it at all
01:48that's it
01:49this for the government's position. Of course the government takes into account the role and
01:54responsibility paid by the school and the ministry and this is the intervention that we do. What
01:58happens at the third stage I know a lot of you ask okay what happens when you're above 18? What
02:02happens
02:02to universities? That one we have to bring with the ministry involved. What is their position into the
02:06cabinet? Is the cabinet going to look into above 18 or not? Because now the thousands of school as it
02:12is
02:12also the tribunal is still running on a on a certain place but above 18 as you know my my
02:18breakdown on
02:19the age you know 13 to 17 means the older they get the more aware they are so they know
02:24their rights
02:25there's a lot of things you have to take into equation so cabinet has to look even if it is
02:29being
02:29brought up but for now we have not said anything yet it's just as we go around it's always a
02:33conversation
02:33a lot of people. People assume above 18 you know to take care of yourself right that's basically the
02:39the rule of the thumb is what all of us are saying. I keep talking about the way the mind
02:45works for young
02:46people. But waiting the presumption usually or it's okay but again young people are young people right.

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