Decision made after it was determined that High Court erred in acquitting, discharging the accused

Four strokes of rotan await former instructor for violating schoolgoing minor

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — A disabled teen who previously pleaded guilty to a charge of physically assaulting a girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, changed his plea at the Ampang Sessions Court here today.

PARIS, March 25 — Actor Gerard Depardieu went on trial yesterday over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, in a case that placed one of France's best-known movie stars at the heart of the country's broader reckoning over sexual violence.

PUTRAJAYA, March 12 — The Court of Appeal has reduced the jail sentence of a former debt collector from 13 years to 10 years for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old son in 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) personnel pleaded not guilty at the Ampang Sessions Court today to three charges of committing physical sexual assault against his sister-in-law two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — A teenager was charged in the Ampang Sessions Court today with committing sexual physical assault on a girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 26 — A man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, on February 21 will be charged at the Ampang Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

NEW YORK, Feb 15 — An anonymous woman who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her in 2000 when she was 13 dismissed her civil suit on Friday against the hip-hop moguls.

AVIGNON, Dec 19 — A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty today of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in a case that has horrified the world.

SEREMBAN, Dec 17 — Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias, better known as PU Azman, was sentenced to seven years in prison and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov — A swimming coach pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy last week.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 — The Court of Appeal has reinstated the 13-year prison sentence imposed on the former religious teacher of a tahfiz and orphanage centre for physically sexually assaulting a male student five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — An e-hailing driver pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing physical sexual assault on his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — The incidence of sexual assault against children in 2023 saw a significant increase, of 21.1 per cent, with reported cases rising to 1,389, from 1,147 in 2022, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

NEW YORK, Oct 22 — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with seven new sexual abuse suits, as his lawyers asked the judge overseeing the music mogul’s criminal sex trafficking case for a gag order against Combs’ accusers and their lawyers.

KOTA TINGGI, Oct 13 — Three suspects among those arrested last month for alleged links to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH), were charged in the Sessions Court here today for human trafficking and physical sexual assault.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 — More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday.

KLANG, Sept 27 — Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias, better known as PU Azman, was sent to the Kajang Prison today to begin his 24-year prison sentence after the Sessions Court dismissed his bid to stay the execution of the punishment.

KLANG, Sept 27 — Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias, better known as PU Azman, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail and two strokes of the cane after the Sessions Court found him guilty on two counts of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy two years ago.