A fourth teacher assistant from a madrasah in Kuala Pilah has claimed trial at the Seremban Sessions Court on Friday (Sept 20) to six charges of sexually assaulting four boys aged between 10 and 13 years at the centre.
20-year-old Muhammad Fawzun Azim Ismail pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before Judge Datin Surita Budin.
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20-year-old Muhammad Fawzun Azim Ismail pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before Judge Datin Surita Budin.
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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.