PUTRAJAYA: Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali will remain serving a 12‑year sentence, after the Court of Appeal today dismissed her final bid to overturn her conviction and sentence of abusing a teenager with Down's Syndrome, known as Bella.

Appearing in the dock wearing a yellow outfit and face mask, Siti Bainun, 33, looked visibly distressed as the three-member bench, led by Datuk Azman Abdullah, and comprising Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz, delivered its decision.

She stood beside a prison warder during the proceedings, while her family members watched from the public gallery.

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