KOTA BARU, June 28 — A trader was sentenced to three years’ jail by the Sessions Court here today for causing a child with special needs to overdose on methamphetamine and morphine.
Judge Mohd Zul Zakiquddin Zulkifli pronounced sentence on the accused after he pleaded guilty to the charge of exposing the boy, aged three years and nine months, to harmful substances to the body and causing the victim to suffer drug toxicity . He was charged under Section 31 of the Child Act 2001 which provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years, a maximum fine of RM50,000, or both.
The incident and the circumstances surrounding it had been widely reported by media outlets. The boy had been brought to Gua Musang Hospital by his mother in an unconscious state on June 19, following an outing with the accused.
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