{
  "id": 14113370,
  "title": "Teacher claims trial to negligent homicide in Kota Bharu school accident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/teacher-claims-trial-to-negligent-homicide-in-kota-bharu-school",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T03:34:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/13/teacher-claims-trial-to-negligent-homicide-in-kota-bharu-school-accident"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A teacher in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, was charged with negligent homicide in the death of a Form 1 student at SMK Tanjong Mas surau on April 12. Sakinah Ismail, 57, pleaded not guilty before magistrate Wan I’zzat Wan Abdullah. She faces charges under Section 304A of the Penal Code, which carries up to two years' imprisonment, a fine, or both. The second charge, brought under Section 336 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum of three months' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM500, or both. The prosecution, led by deputy public prosecutor Nadzir Abdullah, sought bail of RM3,000 with one surety for both charges. Sakinah's defense attorney, Hasif Hasan, requested the minimum bail amount, describing his client as disciplined, cooperative, and with a clean record. The court set bail at RM2,000 with one surety and scheduled Dec 6 for the next case mention.",
  "summary": "Sakinah Ismail also pleads not guilty to endangering another student’s life through negligence in the incident on April 12.",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Teacher faces two charges over student's death in Kota Baru school compound crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/teacher-faces-two-charges-over-students-death-in-kota-baru-school",
        "published": "2026-10-13T00:57:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Teacher claims trial to negligent homicide in Kota Bharu school accident",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/teacher-claims-trial-to-negligent-homicide-in-kota-bharu-school-14119029",
        "published": "2026-10-13T03:34:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Teacher denies negligence charges over fatal school SUV crash in Kota Bharu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/teacher-denies-negligence-charges-over-fatal-school-suv-crash-in-kota",
        "published": "2026-10-13T03:59:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}