Court upholds rape charge acquittal of kindie co-owner


PUTRAJAYA: A kindergarten co-owner remains a free man after the Court of Appeal here upheld a Penang High Court decision to acquit him of raping a four-year-old girl in his care.

The panel of judges led by Justice Mohamed Apandi Ali unanimously dismissed the Attorney-General's appeal against the High Court decision to overturn Ewe Peng Lip's conviction by the Sessions Court.

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