Single mum, friend plead guilty to abusing, neglecting son, sentencing on Oct 10


JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has set Oct 10 for the sentencing of a single mother and her housemate after both accused changed their plea for abusing and neglecting a seven-year-old boy.

The accused, Nurul Asyiqin Mohamad Zahir, 27, who is the boy’s biological mother, and Singaporean Awiin Chua, 30, changed their pleas to guilty after the charges against them were read again in front of Judge VM Mabel Sheela here on Wednesday (Sept 27).

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