00:00A fourth teacher assistant from a madrasa in Kuala Pila has claimed trial at the Seremban
00:07Sessions Court to six charges of sexually assaulting four boys aged between 10 and 13
00:13years at the centre last year.
00:15Twenty-year-old Mohamed Fawzun Azim Ismail pleaded not guilty after the charges were
00:21read to him before Judge Datin Surita Budin.
00:24Mohamed Fawzun faces four charges under Section 14, Subsection A of the Sexual Offences Against
00:31Children Act 2017 and two charges under Section 14, Subsection B of the same Act.
00:39These offences carry a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.
00:44Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Balkis Zunaydi proposed bail to be set at 30,000 ringgit
00:50for each charge and also to impose additional conditions that the accused should not contact
00:56the victims or witnesses, report to the nearest police station once a month and also to surrender
01:02his passport to the court.
01:04Mohamed Fawzun, who was unrepresented, asked the court for a lower amount as he was pursuing
01:10a course at a government skills centre.
01:12However, when Judge Surita asked for proof, the accused was unable to provide any.
01:18She said, until this was done, the court could not consider a lower bail as requested.
01:25Bail was fixed at 12,000 ringgit for each charge and the court fixed October 30th for
01:29remention and to allow the accused to engage counsel.
01:33The court also granted the other applications made by the prosecution.
01:37On Thursday, three other teacher assistants at the same centre also claimed trial to 14
01:43charges of sexually assaulting five children aged between 9 and 11.
Comments