MUAR: A couple has been charged with the murder of a 14-month-old toddler they were babysitting.
Tan Yean Seang, 35, and his wife Tan Kok Shoo, 39, allegedly committed the offence between 6.30pm on April 16 and 9.30am on April 17 at17 Jalan Omri here.
They were charged in the magistrate’s court here yesterday under Section 302 of the Penal Code with intentionally causing the death of Lim Yunn Jia.
Both the volunteer teachers said they understood the charge when it was read out to them in Mandarin by an interpreter.
The couple are facing the mandatory death sentence.
No plea was recorded and magist…
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