KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 -- Malaysia's human rights commission has warned that sharing photographs, videos or other identifying information about the children involved in the recent Banting school stabbing could be a criminal offence.

In a statement today, the Office of the Children's Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) urged the public to stop circulating content that could harm both the victim and the alleged attacker.

It said both children were entitled to legal protections under the Child Act 2001 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, regardless of the ongoing police investigation.

Suhakam said it was "deeply concerned" by the widespread circulation of photographs, videos, personal information ...