Beliawanis MCA fully supports the Anti-Bully Bill 2025 and calls on all lawmakers, educators, parents, and community leaders to back its swift passage and enforcement. The Bill offers a vital opportunity to protect children, students and vulnerable individuals from all forms of bullying be it physical, verbal, psychological, social or digital. We need to prevent history from repeating its darkest chapters.

Why the Anti-Bully Bill 2025 matters: What must be done

The Bill’s comprehensive definition of bullying ie embracing physical, psychological, social, discriminatory, and digital abuse is vital, because it reflects the full range of harm that victims endure. The recent tragedies show how verbal harassment, social isolation, and peer abuse can escalate to fatal outcomes if unchecked.

The Bill’s measures ie mandatory anti-bullying committees in educational institutions, confidential reporting channels, child-sensitive counselling and psychosocial support, and an independent Anti‑Bully Tribunal - will, if implemented well, give victims and their families real hope for justice, healing, and prevention. The Tribunal’s ability to order apologies, removal of harmful digital content, compensation, counselling, and other restorative measures gives tangible weight to accountability.

To ensure the Bill fulfills its promise, Beliawanis MCA calls for:

1. Adequate funding and training for teachers, administrators and support staff, so they are equipped to manage bullying cases professionally and sensitively.
2. Digital literacy and online safety education enhancement, as cyberbullying remains one of the fastest-growing concerns among young people.
3. Uniform enforcement across all educational institutions, regardless of location or resource levels, so every child receives equal protection.
4. Emphasise preventive measures, including school-wide anti-bullying campaigns, peer support systems and mental health awareness programmes.
5. Engage parents, families and communities as key partners in creating safe environments for children.
6. Monitoring and evaluating outcomes through proper data collection to measure the Bill’s impact and adjust policies as needed.

A call to action: no more silence, no more tragedies

The Anti-Bully Bill 2025 is more than legislation: it is a moral and social commitment to safeguarding dignity, mental health and human rights. We urge all lawmakers to pass this Bill without delay, and for all Malaysians, especially educators, parents and institutions, to embrace, implement, and uphold its principles.

Malaysians must stand together so that no child will suffer in silence, fear or agony, ever again.

Ivone Low Yi Wen
Beliawanis MCA National Chairperson

2 December 2025

-MCA Comm-