Schools must take seriously their responsibility to prevent bullying

ON TUESDAY, a 15-year-old female middle school student in Xianyou city, East China's Fujian province, was stabbed to death by a male classmate. The local police said the suspect stabbed the victim in the neck. Thepaper.cn comments:

The local police said the suspect is under the age of 18, which sparked fierce discussion online because many people fear he might be given a too light penalty as he is still a minor.

There has already been much discussion about this incident and the legislature might need to consider improving the law on the protection of minors to make sure underage persons get their deserved punishment if a court finds them guilty of a crime.