KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11 -- A 46-year-old man whose two young children drowned after their car plunged into the Sungai Linggi estuary in Port Dickson has pleaded not guilty to causing their deaths.

According to The Star, Abdul Rahman Mahmud entered his plea at the Sessions Court in Seremban before Judge Surita Budin today.

He is charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, an offence punishable by up to 30 years' imprisonment and a fine upon conviction.

The incident occurred at about 11.45am on September 4 in Tanjung Agas.

Deputy public prosecutor M. Pusppa requested a next mention date, explaining that the forensic, chemist, and Puspakom reports were not yet ready.

She added that the pr...