JOHOR BAHRU (Bernama) – An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl, Albertine Leo Jia Hui, in two separate Sessions Courts and the Kulai Magistrates Court yesterday.
Leang Win Son, 31, pleaded not guilty to all of the charges read in Mandarin.
He faced eight charges in the Sessions Courts for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and non-physical sexual assault of the child, as well as collecting and possessing sexual abuse material related to the victim.
In the Sessions Court before Judge Rasidah Roslee, Leang was accused of kidnapping Leo at Eco Galleria, Taman Botani, Iskandar Puteri, at 8.30pm on July 20 and charged under Section 363 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years and a fine upon conviction.
He was also charged with wrongfully confining the child in a hotel room in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, Selangor at 4.45am on July 23, under Section 346 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of two years, upon conviction.
In another Sessions Court before Judge Siti Noraida Sulaiman, Leang was charged with collecting 5,317 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on two SD cards, a hard disk, and a mobile phone at a house in Taman Sri Kulai near Kulai at 4pm on July 24.
The charges were framed under Section 8(b) of the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years and a minimum of three strokes of the cane upon conviction.
Leang was also accused of possessing 30 images of child sexual abuse material on a mobile phone in a hotel room on Jalan Mahagoni 9, Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, Selangor at 4.45am on July 23.
