The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today allowed the application of four lawyers appointed by Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim to hold a watching brief in the trial of Rumah Bonda founder, Siti Bainun Ahd Razali, who is charged with neglecting and abusing a teenage girl with Down syndrome known as Bella.

Judge Izralizam Sanusi made the decision after lawyer Khairul Anwar Rahmat informed the court that...