Teen accused in Bandar Utama school killing diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia and viewed others as ‘non-player characters’
PETALING JAYA (Sept 23): The 15-year-old boy who killed his female schoolmate at a secondary school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, last year had come to view the victim and those around him as “NPCs”, the Shah Alam High Court was told. In gaming terminology, an NPC — or non‑player character — refers to background [...] The post Teen accused in Bandar Utama school killing diagnosed with…
According to the Shah Alam High Court, a 15-year-old boy who killed his female schoolmate in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, last year, had come to see others, including the victim, as "NPCs", or non-player characters. In gaming, NPCs are background characters controlled by the game, not players. The term is also used online to imply that a person lacks agency or individuality.
The judge was told about this from a psychiatric report prepared by Dr Ian Lloyd Anthony, a senior consultant forensic psychiatrist at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta.
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