TELUK INTAN, Nov 13 — A retired teacher pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to 17 charges of physically sexually assaulting seven female students aged 13 to 15, between May 2024 and July last year.

Zaidi Abbas, 56, who is physically disabled, made the plea after all the charges were read out separately before Judge Rafidah Che Aziz.

He was charged with committing the offence while holding a position of trust as a teacher.

The alleged offences took place in a special room and the canteen of a secondary school in Langkap, as well as in a vehicle in the surrounding area and during a journey back from Teluk Intan, between May 2024 and July 7, 2025.