An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl, Albertine Leo Jia Hui, in two separate Johor Bahru Sessions Courts and the Kulai Magistrate’s Court today.
Leang Win Son, 31, pleaded not guilty to all charges read in Chinese.
He faced eight charges in the Sessions Courts for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and non-physical sexual assault of the child, as well as collecting and possessing sexual abuse material related to the victim.
In the Sessions Court before judge Rasidah Roslee, Leang was accused of kidnapping Leo at Eco Galleria, Taman Botani, Iskandar Puteri, at 8.30pm on July 20.
The charge under Section 363 of the Penal Code carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years and a fine.
He was also charged with wrongfully confining the child in a hotel room in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, Selangor at 4.45am on July 23, under Section 346 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of two years.
Child sexual abuse material
In another Sessions Court before judge Siti Noraida Sulaiman, Leang was charged with collecting 5,317 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on two SD cards, a hard disk, and a mobile phone at a house in Taman Sri Kulai near Kulai at 4pm on July 24.
The charges were framed under Section 8(b) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years and a minimum of three strokes of the rotan.
Leang was also accused of possessing 30 images of child sexual abuse material on a mobile phone in a hotel room on Jalan Mahagoni 9, Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, Selangor, at 4.45am on July 23.
These charges fall under Section 10 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years, a fine of up to RM10,000, or both.
Leang was also charged with non-physical sexual assault by undressing a child and exposing her body in the same hotel room between 2.30pm on July 22 and 4.45am on July 23.
This charge was framed under Section 15(a)(ii) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine of up to RM20,000, or both.
Johor prosecution director Abdul Ghafar Ab Latif informed the court that all the offences are non-bailable. However, if the court were to grant bail, he proposed RM160,000 for all eight charges.
The accused’s lawyer, Nur Zafirah Norizan, requested a minimum amount, citing that her client is unemployed and fully supported by his 58-year-old mother, a single parent without a stable job or income.
The two courts then granted bail at RM50,000 with additional conditions that the accused refrain from tampering with witnesses, report to the nearest police station once a month, and surrender his passport.
The case was then scheduled for mention on Sept 12 for document submission.
RM10,000 bail
At the Kulai Magistrate’s Court, Leang pleaded not guilty to seven charges of possessing sexual abuse material at his home in Taman Seri Kulai at 4pm on July 24.
The charges are under Section 292 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of three years, a fine, or both.
Magistrate Azureen Sahira Sauffee Afandi granted bail at RM10,000 with one surety and set Sept 10 for mention.
Deputy public prosecutor Nor Fadilah Johanuddin prosecuted, while the accused was represented by lawyers Nor Zafirah and Ungku Ahmad Hafis Ungku Fathil.
- Bernama
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