KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 -- The 15-year-old alleged to have stabbed a fellow student at a secondary school in Banting has been remanded for four days, after her lawyer said the teenager is autistic.

According to Utusan Malaysia, magistrate Maslinda Selamat granted the remand order until Friday at the Telok Datok Magistrate's Court today following a police application to facilitate investigations into the case.

The 15-year-old arrived at the court compound at about 8.08am in a police truck before leaving around 9am in a police four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK) lawyer S. Vijeswari Devi said her client is a person with disabilities (OKU).

"My client is autistic. That i...