Kuala Lampur, Dec. 19 -- Most schools already know how to say the right things about bullying.

We have assemblies. We have posters. We have slogans about kindness.

Yet bullying persists because the hardest part has never been awareness. The hardest part is what happens after a child decides to speak up.

That is why the Anti-Bullying Bill matters. Parliament has now moved to create a specific legal mechanism to address bullying complaints and manage cases in educational settings.

The Bill passed the Dewan Rakyat on December 3, 2025 and later passed the Dewan Negara on December 16, 2025.

At first glance, that may sound like a technical reform. In reality, it is a cultural reform. It changes what schools can no longer do.

They can no l...