KAJANG: Two 13-year-old boys, both students at a secondary school here, have pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court here to a charge of slapping a classmate at a shopping mall.
They made the plea after the charge was read out to them before Magistrate Fatin Dayana Jalil on Wednesday (Aug 6).
The two boys, both minors, were accompanied by their parents and proceedings were held in camera.
The court set Sept 18 to hear the Social Welfare Department's probationary report on the two boys before sentencing.
The two boys were jointly charged with behaving indecently by slapping the victim, who is also 13 years old, in a public place to disturb the peace at 11am on July 30.
They were charged under Section 14 of the Minor Offences at, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
The boys were allowed bail of RM500 each with one surety. – Bernama
