KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — An architect pleaded not guilty in the Ampang Magistrate’s Court today to a charge of molesting the son of a senior police officer at a gymnasium in Taman Melawati last Sunday.

Datuk Saiful Anuar Abdul Aziz, 61, is accused of using criminal force against the 18-year-old victim with intent to outrage his modesty in a sauna room at a gymnasium in a shopping mall in Taman Melawati at 7.10 pm on Oct 18.

The charge, framed under Section 354 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine or whipping, or any two of the punishments, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor M. Ramanathan Alias Ashwin proposed bail of RM15,000 with one surety and additional conditions that the accused not interfere with the victim or prosecution witnesses and surrender his passport to the court until the disposal of the case.