Jobless man claims trial in Bon Odori child abduction case

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An unemployed man has been charged at the Johor Baru Sessions Court with abducting and illegally confining a six-year-old girl last month.  31-year-old Leang Win Son pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him in Mandarin before Judge Rasidah Ruslee on Thursday (Aug 8 ).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2mv92u3x  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00An unemployed man has been charged at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court with abducting

00:05and illegally confining a six-year-old girl last month.

00:09Langwin's son pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him in Mandarin before

00:14Judge Rasida Rusli on Thursday.

00:17The 31-year-old bachelor was accused of abducting the child from her mother at Echo Galleria

00:233 in Iskandar Puteri at around 8.30pm on July 20.

00:29He was charged under Section 363 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum seven years

00:34imprisonment and a fine upon conviction.

00:37Lang was also accused of wrongfully confining the child inside a room at a budget hotel

00:42on Jalan Mahogany Sembilan in Batangkali, Hulu, Selangor at around 4.45am on July 23.

00:51He was charged under Section 346 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum two years imprisonment

00:57upon conviction.

00:59The victim's mother and other family members were present at the courtroom to hear the

01:04proceedings.

01:05The accused was later taken to the Kulai Magistrates Court under police escort to face further

01:10charges which include possession of child sexual abuse material.

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