Man pleads not guilty to abusing daughter

Mohd Shaikful Adli's counsel Saiful Ambar Abdullah Ambar had sought bail for his client while deputy public prosecutor Khairul Fairuz Rahman had opposed the granting of bail.

BUTTERWORTH: A 34-year-old man pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to subjecting his seven-year-old daughter to physical and emotional abuse.

The malnourished girl was left in captive and abused in an apartment unit near Sungai Dua here. Her health deteriorated and she was reportedly left to shrink to a worrying weight of below eight kilogramme.

Mohd Shaikful Adli Mohd Afendi was charged with subjecting the girl under his care to the abuse in Sungai Dua, Seberang Perai Utara, near here at 7.23pm on Jan 15.

He was charged under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 which provides for a maximum fine of RM20,000 or a jail term of up to 10 years, or both, upon conviction.

Magistrate Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Wahab set Feb 25 for mention of the case. He granted Mohd Shaikful Adli bail of RM8,000 in one surety on condition that he did not interfere with the victim or prosecution witnesses during the trial.

Mohd Shaikful Adli's counsel Saiful Ambar Abdullah Ambar had sought bail for his client while deputy public prosecutor Khairul Fairuz Rahman had opposed the granting of bail.

The girl is undergoing treatment at the Seberang Jaya Hospital.

The Standard One pupil was found weak and hungry on Jan 15 in a Sungai Dua house which was without electricity and water supply. 

- Source: Bernama

Altantuya murder: On what grounds was Sirul arrested, lawyer asks

Kamarul stated that the next step for the defense counsel depends on the action to be taken by Malaysian authorities. - File Photo

KUALA LUMPUR: Sirul Azhar Umar, who is currently in immigration detention in Queensland, Brisbane has contacted his defense team and instructed the counsel to pursue necessary legal proceedings in the Malaysian court, said lawyer Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin.

“We have contacted Sirul and was given the mandate to take any legal action permitted under these circumstances,” said Kamarul Hisham when contacted by Astro AWANI .

He stated that the next move to be taken by the defense counsel team depends on the actions by the Malaysian authorities.

“We need to know the official status of his (Sirul) detention. Is his detention based on immigration law or the result of the red notice issuance by the International Police (Interpol) for his arrest.

"So far, nobody seems to know anything and it is paramount for us to verify it first,” said Kamarul, adding that to date, news about the arrest of Sirul can only be obtained from reports published by Australian media.

Sirul is subjected to extradition by Malaysian Federal Court and he faces death sentence after found guilty in conviction of murder to Mongolian model and translator, Altantuya Shaariibuu.

The Malaysian government insisted that Sirul be arrested and sent back to Kuala Lumpur, where the country's Federal Court has ordered that he and former police chief inspector Azilah Hadri, 38, be executed.

Last week, Bernama reported that Sirul’s defence counsel team would mount challenge of the extradition request against him.

Kamarul said the next step depends on the instruction from his client. 

- Sumber: Astro Awani