Former e-hailing driver gets 8½ years' jail for abusing child left in his care

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Published on 14 Oct 2026 3:49:02 PM

A former e-hailing driver has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail for abusing a three-year-old boy, who subsequently died, four years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Datuk Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor of the Johor Baru High Court ordered Chan Wen Jie, 32, to serve the sentence from Oct 3, 2022, the date of his arrest, after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 31(1) of the Child Act 2001.

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