PETALING JAYA: A hostel warden was sentenced to 133 years jail and 42 strokes of the cane, after pleading guilty to 26 charges of sodomy and other sexual crimes which he had committed against five students at a tahfiz in Perlis.
Nawawi Anuar, 28, pleaded guilty in front of Sessions Court Judge Ainul Shahrim Mohamad to 26 counts of sodomising, molesting, and sexually harassing his victims at Maahad Tahfiz al Quran Ar Raudhah Bohor Mali in April, Sinar Harian reported.
His victims were aged between nine and 15 years old.
Nawawi, from Bandar Baharu, however pleaded not guilty to three other charges of sodomy, which included showing a pornographic film from his mobile phone to one of his victims aged 11.
He was charged according to Section 377B and 377C of the Penal Code, as well as Section 15(e) and 16(1) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act of 2017 and Section 5(1)(a) of the Film Censorship Act 2002.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Mohd Izham Ali, Nor Shuhada Mohd Yatim, and Mohd Farhan Aliff Ahmad prosecuted. Nawawi was represented by lawyers from the Perlis branch of the National Legal Aid Foundation.
The court set July 9 for re-mention of the case and for handing over documents for trial for the charges which Nawawi pleaded not guilty to.- Star
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