Prosecutors urged to push for harsher sentence on JB couple in child neglect case


Children’s Commssioner Dr Farah Nini Dusuki — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Harsher penalties should have been given to a local couple for neglecting a seven-year-old boy, including locking him in a toilet, says Children’s Commissioner Dr Farah Nini Dusuki.

She added that she was appalled by a Sessions Court decision to sentence the couple to a fine and community service for gross negligence of the victim.

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