SOCIAL PROBLEM AFFECTING THE YOUTH IN MALAYSIA AND THE POSSIBLE WAY TO SOLVE THEM

In 2017 alone, Malaysian have been shocked and horrified to been exposed over many incidents involving social problem committed by youth in the country like bullying, drug abuse, violence, gangsterism, rape, even murder. To highlight few tragic incidents which had caused a deep psychological impact to the Malaysian society until today happen in early June 2017 when the whole country were sad over the tragic news on the death of one local university student by the name of Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, 21 years old. The victim who was still a undergraduate student passed away at one local university after he was found dead with several bruises and burns on his body. The victim has been believed to have been subjected to severe physically abused committed by his own university colleagues. Less than two week after the first tragic incident happen, Malaysian again was dismayed to been exposed with the death of T. Nhaveen, 18 years old who was few days earlier have been declared by the hospital to be brain-dead after he was brutally assaulted and sodomised by five youths. According to medical investigation, the victim had suffered internal bleeding and injuries to his abdomen and private parts. There also evidence of cigarette burn marks on the victim back. In September 2017, the whole country mourned over the death of 23 individual mostly pupils due to blaze at one religious school in the country capital, Kuala Lumpur. After thorough investigation had been carried out by the police, it was found that the school was burned down by seven teenagers aged 11 to 18 years old. All the mentioned tragic incidents above is totally unthinkable to the Malaysian society which still uphold its eastern value, tradition and culture. As such, it is the object to the paper to examine further over the issue concerning the social problem affecting the youth in the country by identifying the cause to the problem, examine the effect it generates, and highlighting possible solutions to deal with them.