MARANG: A secondary school principal pleaded not guilty to two charges of child grooming by sexually communicating with a female student.
On the first count, Mohd Tajudin Mokhtar, 59, was charged with sexually communicating with the 16-year student in his office at 8.30am on July 2.
The father of four is also charged with committing non-physical sexual assault on the girl by showing pictures of sexy girls on his mobile phone to her at the same location and time.
The charges are brought under Section 11(1)(a) and Section 15 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 respectively.
Magistrate Zur Azureen Zainalkefli allowed the accused bail of RM10,000 with two sureties for both charges.
She also ordered him not to intimidate the victim and to report himself at a nearby police station every month.
She set Jan 14 for mention, according to Bernama.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Maisarah Abd Razak while lawyer Abdul Haiyyi Salim represented the accused.
In a separate case in Kuala Lumpur, a security guard was sentenced to a total of six years in jail by the High Court after pleading guilty to four terrorism-related charges.
Justice K. Muniandy handed down the sentence on Muhamad Norulaini Supardi, 34, who was sentenced to one year and six months in jail on each count.
However, the court ordered the jail term for all four charges to be served concurrently from the date of arrest on June 23 this year.
According to the first to the third charges, he was charged with possessing three books, a drawing of a flag and two videos associated with the Daesh group on his mobile phone at a house in Kajang at 9.25am on June 23.
The charge, framed under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code, provides a jail term of up to seven years or with a fine and shall also be liable to forfeiture of the items, upon conviction.
He was also charged under Section 130JB(1)(b) of the same law Penal Code with providing an article associated with the Daesh group at the same place, date and time.
According to an expert report read in court, the materials owned and prepared by the accused have subversive elements or a tendency to generate hatred towards individuals, governments or leaders and can threaten the well-being of the country.
The materials were found to support the ideology of the Daesh group and could incite feelings of hatred and extreme discontent.
