KUALA LUMPUR: A 46-year-old teacher has claimed trial to six charges of sexual offences against three children at a public housing flat.
Sebastian Mohana Das, pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read out in two separate court proceedings.
In the proceedings before Sessions Court judge Azrul Darus, Sebastian faces four charges involving one of the 11-year-olds.
He is accused of committing sexual intercourse against the order of nature with the child on Sept 18 and 30.
He also faces two charges of kissing the child for sexual purposes, one on each date, under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
In a separate proceeding before Sessions Court judge Muhammad Ilmami Ahmad, Sebastian faces two charges involving two other children.
According to the facts of the charges, he allegedly touched an 11-year-old boy’s buttocks for sexual purposes in July and another 11-year-old boy’s genital area for sexual purposes on Aug 11.
Both charges were framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
The alleged offences took place at the accused’s residence in a flat at PPR Kampung Muhibbah here.
Deputy public prosecutors Suloshani Vijendran and Mohd Ikhwan Mohd Nasir handled the cases before judges Azrul and Muhammad Ilmami, respectively.
The court granted bail totalling RM40,000, with RM20,000 for each court file.
The court also ordered the accused to surrender his passport, report to the nearest police station monthly and refrain from contacting or interfering with the victims and prosecution witnesses.
The cases before Azrul were fixed for case management on Nov 23, while those before Muhammad Ilmami were fixed for Dec 18.
