Nation 30 Mar 2021
MELAKA: A woman has been charged with the abuse and murder of her seven-year-old son, and also in the dock is the boy’s stepfather.
The mother, 32, and stepdad, 38, claimed trial at the Magistrate’s Court to murdering the boy at a home in Taman Krubong Jaya here at 3.32pm on Jan 29.
At the Sessions Court, they were charged with abusing the boy at the same location.
The charge, under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, carries up to 30 years’ jail and maximum RM20,000 fine or both upon conviction.
The couple pleaded not guilty before Sessions judge Nariman Badruddin. Both courts fixed March 29 for the next mention.
10 Feb 2021 / 13:19 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
MELAKA: A woman and a step-father were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today for the murder of her six-year-old son, who was found drowned in a water tank last month.
Zuraida Atan, 31, and her husband, Mohd Fadzli Abdull Razak, 38, nodded after the charge was read out to them, but no plea was recorded as the case comes under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The couple was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code with the murder of Zuraida’s son from her previous marriage, Zubaidi Amir Qusyairi Abdul Malek, at a house in Taman Krubong Jaya here at 3.32 pm last Jan 29.