Pregnant woman, three men arrested for arson attack on illegal moneylenders' borrowers


Venno Chiew Meng Ying (in orange shirt), who is pregnant, together with the other accused, being brought into the Sessions Court here in Johor Baru on Wednesday (April 24).

JOHOR BARU: A pregnant woman and three men have been charged at the Sessions Court here for carrying out an arson attack against four borrowers from an unlicensed money lender last month.

Veeno Chiew Meng Ying, 42, who was three months pregnant, Abdul Halim Md Nor, 32, Nurazman Hassan Ashari, 37, and Liew Choon Kian, 58, however pleaded not guilty after the charges against them were read before Sessions Judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim here on Wednesday (April 24).

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