KOTA BARU: A retired female soldier has been charged in separate courts here with ill-treating her stepchildren.
In the Sessions Court before Judge Zulkifli Abdullah, Nurul Haida Mohd Lazin, 38, was charged under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act with ill-treating her stepson, aged 10 years and six months, injured him on the mouth and ears.
She faces a maximum fine of RM50,000, or imprisonment for up to 20 years, or both upon conviction.
The woman was also charged in the Magistrate's Court before Magistrate Rais Imran Hamid, with voluntarily causing hurt to her nine-year-old stepdaughter.
The charge was framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment for up to a year or a maximum fine of RM2,000 or both, upon conviction.
Both offences were allegedly committed at a house in Pengkalan Chepa here at about 4pm on Friday (Jan 3).
Nurul Haida pleaded not guilty to both charges.
The Sessions Court allowed her bail of RM10,000 and also ordered her to report to a nearby police station once a month, while the Magistrate's Court set bail at RM3,000. Both courts set Feb 12 for mention.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Ahmad Faiz Fitri Mohamad and Mohamad Syamsul Ikhmal Ramli, while Nurul Haida was represented by lawyer Datuk Sukri Mohamad. – Bernama
