Bella case: Siti Bainun sobs uncontrollably after seeing children in court


Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali.

KUALA LUMPUR: Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali who allegedly neglected and abused Bella, a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome, sobbed uncontrollably as six children and teenagers who had been under her care at the shelter home, including the victim, were brought into the court.

Siti Bainun, who was sitting in the dock, could not control her emotions when the names of the children and teenagers, aged between three and 17, were mentioned, and they entered the courtroom for the identification session, behind a curtain.

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