Rumah Bonda founder Siti Bainun Ahd Razali, who was charged with neglecting and abusing a Down syndrome girl known as Bella, today told the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court that she has been receiving harsh criticism and even a death threat since the case went viral.

Siti Bainun (above), 31, said she had also lost her job as the shelter home had been ordered to close and her restaurant had also been boycotted.

“But, there's no point in crying over spilt milk. I was called to enter my defence on the unproven allegations and...