Bella case: Court sets Jan 4 to hear prosecution’s preliminary objection on Siti Bainun’s application to review charges

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Jan 4 to hear the prosecution’s preliminary objection on an application by Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali for a review of the charges made against her for neglecting and mistreating a teenage girl with Down syndrome known as Bella.

Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah set the date after lawyer Nur'Aminahtul Mardiah Md Nor, representing Siti Bainun, told the court Thursday (Dec 8) that the preliminary objection by the prosecution was filed last Dec 1 and served to the defence on Dec 5.