KOTA KINABALU: He had caressed her again whereas saying she had easy pores and skin with no pimples.
A beauty pageant contestant mentioned this to the court on the trial of Sabah STAR chief Philip Among, who faces 4 counts of molesting on Tuesday (April 12).
The Unduk Ngadau contestant, who was the primary witness and sufferer, testified that Among had molested her 4 occasions on the identical day.
She testified earlier than Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie that the primary time was when he had caressed her again as she was sporting a bareback costume on a staircase whereas each of them had been going as much as a studio for a photoshoot.
Among is accused of molesting the girl round 2pm, 3.30pm, 9.45pm and 10pm on May 19, 2021.
He is accused of getting dedicated the offences at a staircase inside a studio; in a shifting automobile on the way in which to dinner and in an workplace respectively.
He was the technical head for the 2021 Unduk Ngadau pageant.
Among had claimed trial for the offences on June 10, 2021.
The offence below Section 354 of the Penal Code for felony pressure to outrage the modesty gives a jail time period of as much as 10 years, or a advantageous or whipping or any two of such punishments upon conviction.
