KOTA KINABALU, Sept 18 — One of the students accused of bullying 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir has transferred out of the school.

The chief warden at SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha Azhari Abdul Sagap said that one of the students known as A, who was charged with bullying Zara Qairina the night before she was found unconscious had left the school a few weeks after the incident.

In questioning, Azhari said that A was one of two students who had her wallet stolen and had accused Zara Qairina.

Counsel Shahlan Jufri: Do you know whether student A was involved in the seniors summoning Zara Qairina on the night of the 15th?

Azhari: I don’t know

Shahlan: Are students A, B, C, D and E still schooling at SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha?

Azhari: At this point, yes.

Shahlan: What do you mean?

Azhari: Yes, they are.

Shahlan: I’m told A has transferred the school? Correct me if I’m wrong.

Azhari: Yes, correct.

Shahlan: So only B C D and E are left?

Azhari: Yes.

Shahlan: So after Zara’s incident, I’m told the education department froze all transfers of students? How did A get to leave?

Azhari: That is not my jurisdiction.

Shahlan: Do you know when A got transferred?

Azhari: I don’t remember, a few weeks after the incident.

Shahlan: As far as I know, you need a valid reason to transfer. Do you know what was the reason she wanted to move?

Azhari: I don’t know

Later, the court also heard that A’s mother had been complaining to Azhari since March about repeated harassment and bullying including theft of her wallet, money and passport, her cupboard pried open and her stuff strewn about.

A’s mother complained to Azhari over Telegram and gave an example of her phone card being “borrowed” by her seniors and used up of credit among other examples.

Azhari said that his “investigations” was asking both A and the accused students which amounted to no evidence of wrongdoing.

“I see A in my class about three times a week and she seems unbothered,” he said.

On the night of July 15th, hours before Zara Qairina’s unconscious body was found, A’s mother had sent a message to Azhari notifying him of A’s wallet being stolen along with her bank card. 

The items were never recovered.