Slapping incident: 65-year-old claims trial to voluntary causing hurt to victim


JOHOR BARU: A 65-year-old man has claimed trial at the Magistrate's Court here for slapping a 21-year-old man for eating in public during Ramadan.

Retiree Abdul Razak Ismail, 65, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read out before Magistrate A. Shaarmini on Wednesday (March 19) evening.

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