KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 29 -- Three Myanmar nationals, aged 11 and 12, have been charged with criminally intimidating a 71-year-old woman last week.

The three boys, two aged 11 and one aged 12, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to them for the second time before Magistrate Roshayati Radellah, Berita Harian reported today.

They were jointly accused of threatening to hurt the woman using several objects, including a mop, an iron rod, a white fluorescent light tube and stones.

The offence was allegedly committed in front of a house at 23, Tingkat Binjai Empat Belas, Taman Sri Rambai, at about 6pm on October 22.

The charge was brought under Section 506 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code.

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