{
  "id": 11409015,
  "title": "Court of Appeal overturns acquittal, jails ex‑bowling coach two more years for molesting 13‑year‑old",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/court-of-appeal-overturns-acquittal-jails-ex-bowling-coach-two-more-11409015",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:13:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/02/court-of-appeal-overturns-acquittal-jails-exbowling-coach-two-more-years-for-molesting-13yearold/237403"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Court of Appeal has overturned an acquittal and sentenced former bowling coach Mat Salleh Jalani to an additional two years in prison for sexually molesting a 13-year-old former Malaysia Games male athlete in 2017. Mat Salleh, 63, was initially convicted by the Magistrates' Court on January 31, 2024, of outraging the modesty of the victim, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. However, the High Court had acquitted and discharged him of the charge on August 22, 2023, prompting the prosecution to appeal. The three-member bench, led by Federal Court judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin, reinstated the Magistrates' Court's conviction and increased the sentence from 18 months to two years. Justice Hayatul Akmal emphasized that the victim's credibility remained intact and that the court had carefully assessed their testimony, despite the delay in lodging the police report regarding the sexual offence.",
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 — A former bowling coach, already serving a prison term for sexual assault, was sentenced to an a...",
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