KUALA LUMPUR: A nursery babysitter was sentenced to seven days’ jail and fined RM32,000 by two Sessions Courts here after pleading guilty to abusing two toddlers last month.
Judge Norina Zainol Abidin sentenced Siti Rosliza Mukhtar, 47, to seven days’ jail and a fine of RM20,000 for abusing a 14-month-old girl by covering her head with a plastic bag.
She was also sentenced to one day’s jail and a RM12,000 fine by Judge Datuk Nu’aman Mahmud Zuhudi for abusing a 14-month-old boy by roughly pulling his hand and hair to make him sit.
The offences were committed at a nursery in Brickfields here at 3.19pm and 5.36pm respectively on Nov 16.
The charges were under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, which provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000 or imprisonment for up to 20 years, or both.
However, both the jail sentences ran concurrently from yesterday.
The statement of fact said the girl urinated and soiled the babysitter’s clothing while she was changing the victim’s diapers.
The woman then hit the victim’s back twice and covered her head with the plastic bag for five to six seconds and held the girl’s head with both hands.
In the case of the boy, the mother found that her son had cuts and bruises on his ear, and an examination of the CCTV footage showed the accused had pushed and pulled the victim until he fell. — Bernama
