A school bus driver, arrested for uploading videos of his child passengers on TikTok, was slapped with two charges under the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017 at a Sessions Court in Muar on Tuesday (Sept 10).
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00:00A school bus driver arrested for uploading videos of his child passengers on TikTok was
00:06charged at a sessions court in Muar on Tuesday.
00:10The 24-year-old accused, who was seen crying in the dock, pleaded not guilty after two
00:15charges were read out to him before Judge Syani Mohamed Noor.
00:20For the first charge, the youth was accused of committing physical sexual harassment by
00:25kissing the cheek of a four-year-old girl, who's also his niece.
00:29For sexual purposes between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., on a school bus in Simpang Renggam from April
00:35to September this year.
00:37The offense falls under Section 14A of the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017,
00:45which provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years and whipping upon sentencing.
00:51For the second charge, he was accused of repeatedly observing a nine-year-old girl for sexual
00:57purposes between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the same school bus at the same location this month.
01:04The offense falls under Section 15, a subsection 3 of the Sexual Offenses Against Children
01:10Act 2017, which provides imprisonment of up to 10 years, a fine of not more than 20,000
01:17ringgit or both, upon conviction.
01:20The court allowed bail at 30,000 ringgit for both charges and set the next mention on October
01:2610, along with submission of documents.