Malaysian Children's Court Holds Trial Of Harassment Of Girls, 4 Defendants Can't Get Legal Representatives

Illustration of the trial. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Malaysian Child Court held a trial for the sexual harassment of a 15-year-old girl with the accused four teenage boys.

In a closed trial chaired by Chief Justice Rohaida Ishak, the defendants denied allegations of sexual harassment at the Bhaka Sawa oil palm plantation in Siong, Malaysia.

Citing Bernama, Tuesday, October 21, the defendants, aged between 15-17 years, face separate charges in this case.

Each defendant is accused of physical sexual violence against the victim in an oil palm plantation.

The indictment also includes sexual assault in classrooms at a high school in Siong on various dates in June, July, and August last year.

The four were charged under Article 14(a) of the Law on Sexual Crime against Children in 2017.

This article carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a caning if found guilty.

Deputy public prosecutor Amirul Halimi Md Salleh represented the prosecutor during the trial. In this trial, none of the defendants received legal representation.