3 days ago
Tailor charged with outraging modesty of disabled teen
KUALA LUMPUR: A tailor claimed trial at the Ampang Sessions Court today to a charge of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a disabled teenage girl last month.
Muhammad Arif Zulfakar Abdul Razak, 25, entered his plea before judge Nurulizwan Ahmad Zubir after the charge was read out to him.
He is accused of committing the offence against the victim,17, at 6.30pm in a toilet at a building in Taman Keramat early last month.
The charge, framed under Section 354 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment, a fine, whipping, or any two punishments, upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Norhidayah Abdullah Sani proposed bail at RM6,000 and requested an additional condition prohibiting the accused from approaching the victim or any prosecution witnesses.
In mitigation, lawyer Lingswaran Singh appealed for a lower bail amount, citing that the accused is the sole breadwinner for his family.
The court set bail at RM4,000 and allowed the prosecution's request for the additional condition.
The case was fixed for mention on July 21.
