MELAKA, May 29 -- A 14-year-old girl, believed to be under the influence of 'mushroom' vape, slashed her neck and wrists after being stopped by her adoptive mother from meeting her 17-year-old boyfriend at a house in Jonker Walk, Banda Hilir here.

Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said that in the 10.33 pm incident on Sunday (May 24), the victim, upon being prevented from meeting her boyfriend by her 49-year-old adoptive mother, went into a bedroom on the first floor of the house, before injuring herself with a knife.

"The victim was taken to the Melaka Hospital and her condition is reported to be stable," he said in a statement yesterday.

Dzulkhairi said investigations also found that the teenager, who is no longer in schoo...