Tahfiz centre founder charged with sexual abuse

THE founder of a tahfiz centre in Tanjung Minyak, a Singaporean, pleaded not guilty in the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today to five counts of committing sexual assault and unnatural sex on three of his students.

The charges against Muhammad Firdaous Abdul Rashif, 40, were read out in separate proceedings before judges Darmafikri Abu Adam and Mohd Sabri Ismail.