JB court rejects dad's guilty plea, sends child neglect case to trial


JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has rejected a guilty plea by a scrap metal collector accused of neglecting his teenage son.

Sessions judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim said the accused should instead have a chance at trial to prove his innocence.

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