SEREMBAN: Four people, including two juveniles, claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to charges of gang raping a girl who was two months away from her 13th birthday.
The suspects pleaded not guilty after they were charged before judge Surita Budin.
In the first case, Neo Jing Cong, 23, Wong Chee Keong, 19, and a 17-year-old juvenile were accused of gang raping the girl at around 1.30am in a hotel room in Bahau on Jan 24.
In the second case, Wong, the 17-year-old juvenile and another 14-year-old suspect, allegedly gang raped the girl at another hotel in Bahau at around 2pm on the same day.
The four were charged under Section 375B of the Penal Code, which provides imprisonment of between 10 and 30 years upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Goh Hsiao Tung asked the court not to allow bail as the offence was serious and involved a young girl, also urging the court to impose additional conditions if bail was allowed.
Surita then set bail at RM7,000 for each of the accused with one surety and ordered them to stay away from the victim.
They were also told to report to the nearest police station every month.
She fixed March 30 to enable the parties to submit documents.
