KUALA LUMPUR: Rumah Bonda resident Yasmin Nahar Mahmood today denied the defence’s allegation that she was paid to give false testimony in court during the trial of Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali who is accused of neglecting and abusing Bella, a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome.
The 19-year-old fifth prosecution witness said this when cross-examined by lawyer representing Siti Bainun, Nur A’minahtul Mardiah Md Nor at the trial of the case before Sessions Court Judge Izralizam Sanusi.
Nur A’minahtul Mardiah: You was paid by ‘Justice For Bella’ as seen by several individuals before this court through your father, last Friday (April 15)?
Yasmin: No.
Yasmin also denied that she had been lying from the first day she testified in court because she wanted Siti Bainun to be put in jail.
Nur A’minahtul Mardiah: You are afraid that you will be charged in court later, agree?
Yasmin: No.
Nur A’minahtul Mardiah: Some people said to you that if you do not fight Siti Bainun, you can be imprisoned for 20 years, agree? Yasmin replied: No.
Asked if she envied Bella because Siti Bainun paid more attention towards the teenager. “No,“ Yasmin replied.
During previous proceedings, Yasmin told the court that Siti Bainun stomped on Bella’s knee and when asked by the lawyer today how many times it happened, the witness replied: Not sure.
Nur A’minahtul Mardiah: I suggest Siti Bainun’s weight is 150 kg, if she stomped on Bella’s knee, it can be broken or fractured, but the medical report stated that Bella’s knee was not broken or fractured, you know or not? Yasmin replied: I don’t know. — Bernama
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