Charged with drowning two-year-old girl

IPOH: A car rental service worker has claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to immersing the head of a child into a pail of water that caused her death in an office at Kompleks Perdagangan DWJ Meru.

Mustaqim Ab Wahab, 32, pleaded not guilty after being read the charge under Section 3(1)(a) of the Child Act before judge Julie Lack Abdullah yesterday.

The statement of facts alleged that Mustaqim submerged the head of Fatini Aleysha Abd Karim, then two, into a pail of water on May 24 last year between 4am and 5.41am.

The court set bail at RM10,000 in one surety and Aug 13 for mention.