SEREMBAN: Celebrity preacher, Azman Syah Alias, was charged in the Sessions Court today with five counts of sexually assaulting two teenage boys in February and July.
The 41-year-old accused pleaded not guilty before Judge Datin Surita Budin when the charges were read to him by an interpreter.
Three of the charges involved sexually harassing a 17-year-old victim in the living room and inside the toilet of a house in Taman Tiara Sendayan in Nilai between 3am and 5am on July 6.
He was also charged with committing the same act on another victim aged 16-years and 10-months old in the same living room at the same time on July 6 and between 8.30pm and midnight on Feb 5.
He was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017 for physical sexual assault on a child.
The offence carries a punishment of a maximum 20-years jail and whipping.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Husni Fairos Ramly requested RM15,000 bail for each charge as the offences were committed under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
The court set bail at RM40,000 and ordered the accused not to approach the victims and prosecution witnesses until the case was completed.
The court also ordered the accused to surrender his passport to the court and report to the police station every month.
The case will be re-mentioned on Dec 8.