Six additional charges were brought against Leang in a separate judge hearing held in the same Johor Bahru Court Complex.
At 4 p.m. on July 24th, a house in Jalan Bunga Raya 2, Taman Sri Kulai, Kulai, discovered 5 317 images and videos depicting child sexual abuse.
The charges under Section 8 ( b ) of the Sexual Crimes Against Children Act 2017, provides a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and caning, if convicted.
On July 23, Leang was even accused of possessing baby sex, 30 of which were discovered on a cellular phone in a hotel room at 4.45 am in Batang Kali.
This is punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a fine of up to RM10,000, or both, according to Section 10 of the same action.
For forcing the child to expose her body for his viewing in the hotel room between 12.30pm on July 22 and 4.45am on July 23, he was also accused of non-physical sexual abuse under Section 15 a. ( ii ) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 ( SOCA ).
On September 12th, the situation will have a record submission hearing.  ,
Leang was afterward transferred to the Kulai courtroom to face additional seven counts, including three counts of possessing sex toys and four for allegedly possessing outrageous items in the form of bolsters that depict fresh anime girls nude and wearing shorts.
At the Kulai court, he even entered a not-guilty plea.
WHAT HAPPENED
The woman vanished on July 20 at around 8:30 pm after breaking up with her family, according to local authorities reports from Eco Galleria, Iskandar Puteri.
In a Facebook post a few days after, Johor’s Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi appealed to the public to support find her movements.
Photos of the lady, reportedly taken at the occasion, made the rounds on social media, according to regional magazines.
Reported observations of the missing child likewise circulated online, including one claiming she had been seen at the Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Complex, according to The Star.
In order to help with investigations involving the case, authorities confirmed on July 23 that they had totaled five individuals arrested, three men and two women.
They included Leang, who was arrested around 4.45 am on Jul 23 at a budget motel near Batang Kali, Selangor, where he was found with the young lady.
The suspects were reportedly detained for kidnapping in violation of both section 14 ( A ) of the 2017 Sexual Offenses Against Children Act and section 365 of the Penal Code.
According to Johor police chief M. Kumar, the five suspects were not related to the target, but were Indonesian citizens.
Four suspects were released without parole. Before being released on police loan, Leang was given an extension to his remand period until August 4 to aid with investigations.
After discovering a number of sex toys, adult sexuality, and child sexual materials at his home near Kulai on Sunday, he was remanded by the police.
The Johor Bahru Court Complex’s family and other household members apparently attended the hearing.
In a previous article, the mother claimed that her child was seeing a child psychologist to manage mental stress.
Between 2021 and 2023, an average of two kids in Malaysia vanished on a daily basis, according to a report from The Sun in February.
According to the review, the majority of them were either independently located or returned home.
According to ACP Siti Kamsiah Hassan, the officers discovered 709 of the 779 cases of missing children next year, according to ACP Siti Kamsiah Hassan, the head of the Bukit Aman Sexual, Women, and Child Investigation Division.  ,