Singaporean slapped with 3 more sexual assault charges

 

Firdaous Abdul Rashif was previously charged with five counts of committing sexual assault and unnatural sex on three of his students.

PETALING JAYA: A Singaporean who founded a tahfiz school in Melaka has been slapped with three additional charges of sexual assault.

Firdaous Abdul Rashif, 40, was charged in the Ayer Keroh sessions court with three counts of sexual assault against a male student between 2018 and 2019.

Firdaous, a father of six, pleaded not guilty before judge Darmafikri Abu Adam after the charges were read out by an interpreter, according to Harian Metro.

For the first and second counts, Firdaous is accused of unnatural sex against the student, then aged 15, between 11pm and midnight on July 13, 2018, and between 2am to 6am on July 28 the same year.

The offence is alleged to have taken place at a condominium at Klebang 8.

For the third charge, he is accused of committing the same offence against the same victim at a house in the vicinity of Madrasah Al-Islah, Tanjung Minyak around 9am on Jan 18, 2019.

The charges were framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.

Firdaous was not granted bail, and the court has fixed the case for mention on June 19.

Last Wednesday, Firdaous pleaded not guilty to five counts of sexual assault and unnatural sex against three of his students.

He was also charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code with two counts of committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on two of the students.

Two days later, he was slapped with three more charges of sexual assault against a male student. - FMT