GEORGE TOWN: Three family members, who were among eight people who caused a toddler’s death during an exorcism ritual, have been sentenced by the High Court here to a year in jail and their fines set aside.
However, the toddler’s aunt, said to have initiated the ritual, was acquitted by the court due to unsound mind and ordered to be detained at the Penang Prison at the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertua Negri pending the governor’s order on the choice of a psychiatric hospital.
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