Man accused of holding Malaysian woman as slave pleads not guilty in London court


PETALING JAYA: The man accused of holding Malaysian Siti Aishah Abdul Wahab for more than three decades in a case of modern day slavery claimed trial to 25 charges including rape and child cruelty at the Westminster magistrate’s court in London on Wednesday.

According to British media reports, 74-year-old Aravindan Balakrishnan faces four rape charges, 19 counts of indecent assault, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of cruelty to a person under the age of 16.

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