PRIME Minister Stuart Young yesterday sought to put the issue of his alleged bullying of another schoolboy at St Mary's College 33 years ago to rest by issuing a statement on bullying, saying it was being politicised.

In the statement he released on Facebook and not through the Office of the Prime Minister, Young opted not to give a precise response- he never referred to Imran Khan, the alleged victim of his reported bullying; he never denied or confirmed the allegation that he had bullied Khan; and he never referred to the baton attack on himself, except to say that an 'unfortunate incident occurred' which was 'traumatic for everyone involved'.

Instead, he sought to address the issue of bullying in general terms.