Kuala Lampur, Sept. 29 -- There is no specific definition of bullying under existing legal provisions. So said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

She is right.

As a matter of fact, and law, there is no offence of bullying.

This despite the assertion by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail that Section 507C(1) of the Penal Code stipulated bullying as a criminal offence.

Five teenage girls have been charged in the Children's Court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, with using insulting words against Zara Qairina. The charges are framed under Section 507C(1) of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the Code, which carries a penalty of up to one year's ...