KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 —A former e-hailing driver was sentenced to eight years and six months’ imprisonment by the High Court in Johor Bahru today for abusing a three-year-old boy in 2022, which included forcing the child to eat his own excrement.
Chan Wen Jie, 32, pleaded guilty before Judicial Commissioner Datuk Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor to an alternative charge of child abuse under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, FMT reported.
The father of two was ordered to serve his sentence from his arrest on Oct 3, 2022, perform 36 hours of community service within six months, and execute a three-year good behaviour bond.
In his judgment, Fareed rejected the defence’s argument that the acts, captured on closed-circuit television, were merely intended to discipline the toddler.
