US paedophile, convicted of crimes in Cambodia and jailed for 210 years, denied review of case in US Supreme CourtKOTA BHARU: A civil servant claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to a charge of sexually assaulting a teenage girl with disabilities at a secondary school here two years ago.
He is charged under Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which provides for a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment and whipping upon conviction. However, lawyer Ahmad Nizam Mohamed, representing the accused, requested a lower bail of RM5,000, arguing that the accused had cooperated well with the police and the court.