Bella abuse case: Defence closes case, courts sets May 3 for decision

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Jan -- Pengasas Rumah Bonda Siti Bainun Ahd Razali hadir pada hari kedua membela dirinya di Mahkamah Sesyen berhubung pertuduhan mengabai dan menganiaya remaja perempuan Sindrom Down yang dikenali sebagai Bella berusia 13 tahun. --fotoBERNAMA (2023) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: The defence team in the trial of Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali, who was charged with neglecting and abusing a teenage girl with Down syndrome known as Bella, closed its case after calling eight witnesses at the Sessions Court hearing here Thursday (March 9).

Lawyer Mohammad Farhan Maaruf, who represented Siti Bainun, informed the court that the defence closed the case after the eighth and final witness, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) senior lecturer, Dr Abdul Rahman Ahmad Badayai, who specialises in children and adolescents with special needs developmental psychology, finished testifying.