Retiree on trial for slapping youth


Facing the law: Abdul Razak (centre) being escorted by policemen out of the Magistrate’s Court in Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: A retiree accused of slapping a non–Muslim youth for eating in public during Ramadan has claimed trial after being charged for a second time in the Magistrate’s Court here.

Former public servant Abdul Razak Ismail, 65, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him before magistrate A. Shaarmini.

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