KLANG: A 41-year-old woman has been charged in the Sessions Court here with five counts of abusing a 13-year-old girl.
Housewife Shalina Sundiri Abdullah claimed trial yesterday to two charges of sexual assaults, two of voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapons and grievous hurt to the girl, allegedly committed at an apartment in Jalan Sungai Jati, Taman Sentosa, near here.
The charges are, inserting cili padi into the victim's private parts, using a wooden stick to hit the victim's buttocks in early March, inserting a mop stick into the victim's private parts on March 26, using a rubber pipe to hit the victim's body on Dec 25 and splashing boiling water on the girl's chest as recently as late last month.
DPP Siti Syuhada Alwi objected to bail as the offences were deemed serious.
Shalina, who was unrepresented, however, pleaded to the court to reconsider the objection, saying that she had to look after her five-year-old daughter.
Sessions judge Siti Nor Aida Sulaiman refused bail, saying the charges against her were serious. She fixed June 13 for case mention.
The teenager's ordeal ended when the accused took her to a shelter in Taman Razi here on May 6.
The shelter staff who noticed her injuries lodged a police report leading to the woman's arrest.
Meanwhile, yesterday, the victim's father who had gone missing since the incident, was arrested and remanded for seven days.
South Klang OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Mat Yusop said police were still on the lookout for a 26-year-old woman who rented a room in the suspect's apartment.
