KUALA LUMPUR: Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali has been told to enter her defence on charges of abusing and neglecting a 13-year-old girl with Down Syndrome, known as Bella.
Sessions court judge Izralizam Sanusi ruled this morning that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Siti Bainun, 30, Bernama reported.
Siti Bainun had pleaded not guilty to two charges of abuse and neglect which resulted in physical and emotional distress to Bella between February and June 2021 at a condominium in Wangsa Maju here.
She was charged under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years or a fine of RM50,000, or both, if convicted.
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