Man, 71, freed of molesting 37-year-old businesswoman


No case to answer: Ghazali shaking hands with his counsel Puran.

GEORGE TOWN: A septuagenarian has been acquitted of molesting a 37-year-old businesswoman without having his defence called at a magistrate’s court.

Magistrate L. Umma Devi discharged and acquitted Ghazali Mohamad, 71, after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against him.

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