Students Herald and Lokal.my have launched Malaysia Connect, a new community initiative that helps international students build meaningful connections with Malaysian parents, professionals, and local communities. By combining trusted community engagement with authentic cultural exchange, the initiative aims to enrich the international student experience and help students feel at home while studying in Malaysia.

Bullying is too often treated as a matter resolved by an apology, a suspension, or a carefully worded assurance that the school has “taken the matter seriously.” But if institutions genuinely want to create safe campuses, they must look beyond punishment and examine the behaviour, the peer culture around it, and the wider conditions that allow harm to continue.

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