Four on trial for arson


Day in court: Chiew (in orange T-shirt), who is pregnant, together with the other accused, being brought to the Sessions Court in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: A pregnant woman and three men have pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to charges of carrying out arson attacks against four borrowers of an unlicensed moneylender last month.

Veeno Chiew Meng Ying, 42, who is three months pregnant, Abdul Halim Md Nor, 32, Nurazman Hassan Ashari, 37, and Liew Choon Kian, 58, claimed trial before judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim here yesterday.

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