Nation 30 Mar 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: A man and his wife claimed trial at the Selayang Sessions Court for negligence involving their underaged son who was made to inhale from a vaping device in a video that became viral on social media last month.
The pair, aged 23 and 21, who were jointly charged, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out to them before Sessions Court judge Nor Rajiah Mat Zin here on Thursday (June 10).
According to the charge sheet, the couple, as the parents who have the child under their care, had neglected the boy - aged one and nine months - by letting him smoke a vaping device that could cause physical and emotional harm.
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