00:00A man, whose two young children drowned after the car they were in, plunged into Sungai Lingi
00:06claim trial in the Seremban Sessions Court to a charge of causing their death. Forty-six-year-old
00:12Abdul Rahman Mahmood pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him before Judge Surita
00:18Budin. The accused was charged with committing the offence at about 11.45 a.m. on September 4.
00:25The incident occurred at the Sungai Lingi estuary in Tanjung Agas, Port Dixon. He was charged under
00:31Section 304a of the Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Offenders can be jailed up
00:39to 30 years and fined upon conviction. Deputy Public Prosecutor M. Puspa then asked for a next mention
00:46date as the forensic, chemist and Puspa.com reports were not ready. She also told the court her team
00:52was not offering the accused bail as he posed a flight risk. The accused, who was unrepresented,
00:58pleaded for bail as he wanted to visit his children's graves. Judge Surita refused the accused bail
01:04and fixed November 10 for next mention for the submission of documents and to allow him to
01:09appoint a counsel.
