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  • 1/10/2025
A former headmaster pleaded not guilty at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court on Friday (Jan 10) to charges of hugging and kissing a former female trainee teacher last year.

Mohammed Mohd Som, 58, made this plea after three charges were read before Magistrate Teoh Shu Yee.

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00:00A former headmaster pleaded not guilty at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court on Friday
00:09to charges of hugging and kissing a former female trainee teacher last year. 58-year-old
00:14Mohamed Mohamed Som made the plea after three charges were read before Magistrate Teo Shu
00:21Yee. The accused is alleged to have used criminal force against the 21-year-old trainee teacher
00:27by hugging and kissing the victim's cheek in the bathroom of a preschool in Lubok, China,
00:33on August 16 last year. He was also accused of hugging the victim and kissing her forehead
00:39in a car in Taman Wirainda and Taman Ilir Jaya at around 11 p.m. on January 18 and July
00:4630 last year. Mohamed was charged under Section 354 of the Penal Code and faces up to 10 years
00:53imprisonment or a fine or whipping or any two of these penalties upon conviction. The
00:59court allowed bail of 7,500 ringgit for all charges with one surety and set March 6 for
01:06next mention of the case.

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