SEREMBAN: The Sessions Court here has fixed June 17 to mention the case of a 45-year-old counselling teacher facing charges of committing physical sexual assault against two pupils and a third charge for having pornographic material in his laptop.
Judge Surita Budin made the decision on Wednesday (May 21) after deputy public prosecutor Nurul Balkis Zunaidi told the court the related medical reports were not ready.
"The case will be mentioned on June 17 and bail is hereby extended," she said.
On Feb 2, the accused had claimed trial to all three charges.
For the first and second charges, he was accused of committing the offences against two 11-year-old boys at a school in Seremban 2.
The alleged offences took place in the counselling room in Sept and May 2023.
The accused was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, read together with Section 16 of the same law.
Offenders can be jailed for up to 20 years and whipped upon conviction.
For the third, he was charged with having 180 photographs and clips of children being sexually abused on his laptop.
He was charged with allegedly committing the offence at a house in Taman Warisan Puteri on Dec 12, 2023.
He was charged under Section 10 of the same Act, which carries a penalty of up to five years' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM10,000, or both, upon conviction.
The accused is out on a RM30,000 bail.
