PETALING JAYA, Dec 10 ― Celebrity preacher Da’i Syed, whose real name is Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohammad Shaiful, pleaded not guilty in separate courts today to charges of committing unnatural sex and using criminal force to a private college student with intent to outrage her modesty two months ago.
Syed Shah Iqmal, 25, who was in light blue T-shirt, looked calm when he made the plea to both charges, which were read out before Sessions Court judge Faiz Dziyauddin and Magistrate Mohamad Ikhwan Mohd Nasir, respectively.
In the court before judge Faiz, the preacher was charged with committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on the 22-year-old woman at his rented house in Damansara Perdana here between 3am and 4am last Oct 17.
He faced imprisonment for up to 20 years, and shall also be liable to whipping, if found guilty, as provided under Section 377B of the Penal Code.
Deputy public prosecutor P. Vitiya Monisha prosecuted, while the accused was represented by lawyer Syed Amirul Syed Edros. ― Bernama