Chinese national accused of kidnapping teen girl could face up to 7 years in Malaysia jail
Huang Xiaonan, a university student studying in Singapore, was charged with kidnapping the 15-year-old in Johor
A Chinese national has been charged at the Magistrate’s Court in Malaysia’s Johor state with the kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl.
The accused, Huang Xiaonan, a 22-year-old university student studying in Singapore, claimed trial before Magistrate R. Salini on Thursday to kidnapping the teenager at a hotel in Jalan Station in Johor Bahru at 4.08am on November 24.
Huang was charged with the kidnapping of the 15-year-old student, who is also a Chinese national, with the intention to confine her in secret.
The charge was read to him in Mandarin.
The offence was framed under Section 365 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to seven years and a fine upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Ameerah Allaudeen did not offer bail, citing the offence as non-bailable.