WOMEN, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Mohd Harun will have an audience with Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim tomorrow.

Tunku Ismail said the meeting was to discuss the abuse case involving Bella, to ensure such an incident would not recur.

“I will be meeting Women, Family and Community Development Rina Harun to discuss Bella’s abuse case.

“I will also be briefed on the steps that have been taken by the ministry to ensure such a case does not recur,” Tunku Ismail said in his Facebook post today.

Bella’s abuse case went viral last year when a woman claimed the teenager was scalded with hot water and was tied while under the care of a welfare home, Rumah Bonda.

Subsequently, the home’s founder, Siti Bainun Ahd Razali, 30, was charged with two counts of neglecting and abusing the 13-year-old girl with Down Syndrome, resulting in physical and emotional injuries to the victim at a condominium in Wangsa Maju between February and June, 2021.

The charge, under section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, carries a maximum jail of 20 years, a fine of RM50,000 or both.

The woman claimed trial to both charges. – Bernama, April 18, 2022.