00:00A public servant admitted not guilty in the court of the New Johor Magistrate against a new accusation
00:08for raping a non-Muslim man who ate in a public place during Ramadan.
00:13Abdul Razak Ismail was reported to have made a false accusation
00:17after the accusation was read in front of Magistrate A. Sharmini today.
00:21Razak was accused of deliberately causing injury to the victim,
00:25Ilai Jahling, 21 years old, in a shopping mall in New Johor at 6.15 pm on March 16.
00:33The accusation was presented under Section 323 of the Penal Code,
00:38which stipulates a prison sentence of up to two years,
00:41a maximum sentence of RM2,000 or both at a time if proven guilty.
00:46First, Razak initially admitted guilty of the accusation of injuring the victim,
00:51but then refuted the facts of the case,
00:54causing Sharmini to reject the false accusation and ordered a trial to be held.
01:00Razak was released without bail following the technical issue which was later resolved.
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