Tahfiz fire suspects can’t be tried as adults: Bar Council

PETALING JAYA: The suspects in the tahfiz fire case cannot be tried as adults, said Bar Council president George Varughese. He toldĀ theSunĀ that under the Child Act, anyone below 18, will be regarded as a child. “The Child Act bars the sentence of death, if one has committed an offence whereby the death penalty can be…