Tracking hazing deaths

Hazing death in Malaysia and top military boarding school

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date June 29, 2010
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The victim wasÂ Mohammad Naim Mustaqim Mohamad Sobri. Five young students were arrested.

KUALA LUMPUR, Friday 25 June 2010 (Bernama) –Mohammad Naim Mustaqim Mohamad Sobri, 16, died after an alleged hazing which included savage kicks to the midsection, according to published reports..

Royal Military College administrators turned the five into police in Cheras, according to numerous news stories.

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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