Three teaching assistants and caretakers from a religious school in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan - arrested under the “Ops Global” raid - claimed trial to 14 charges of sexually assaulting five children aged between nine and 11.

The Star reported the trio - Muhammad Habib Noh Mohd Zairi, 21, Muhammad Khunais Fathie Khabil, 20, and Ahmad Nadzful Izham Azizan, 22 - pleaded not guilty before judge Surita Budin in the Seremban Sessions Court today.