Nursery owner, workers charged with abusing children
Published on: Thursday, February 02, 2017
KAJANG: A nursery owner and two of her employees were charged in the Kajang Sessions Court here today with the abuse of two toddlers and a baby, which recording became viral on the social media two weeks ago.However, the nursery owner, Sayani Ahmad, 46, and her two employees—Nur Azureen Mohamad Nordin, 24, and Nurhazirah Mohd Azuki, 25 — pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge Noridah Adam.Sayani faced four charges, while Nur Azureen and Nurhazirah were each charged with three counts, including for abetting Sayani.
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On the first three counts, Sayani, as the person having the care of the three children—two of them aged one year and four months, and another, 11 month-old—were charged with abusing or exposing the children in a manner likely to cause them physical or emotional injury at Taska Ilham Kasih, No 1, Jalan 15/5, Garden Home, Section 15, Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat, here at 10.12 am last Jan 3.The charges, under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, provide an imprisonment for up to RM20,000, or imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both, if found guilty.On the fourth count, Sayani was charged with running an unregistered child care centre at the same place between June 2016 and Jan 19, 2017.The charge under Section 6(2) of the Child Care Centre Act 1984 provides for a fine of up to RM1,000 for the first offence, and no more than RM2,000 for a second or subsequent offence.
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