JOHOR BARU: A man and his girlfriend have been slapped with a total fine of RM17,000 and ordered to serve 440 hours of community service for neglecting his seven-year-old son, including locking him up in a toilet.
R. Thayalan, 39, and his girlfriend, K. Mageswari, 41, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge before judge Thalha Bachok @ Embok Mok at the Sessions Court here yesterday.
