A 35-year-old prisoner was charged at the Marang Magistrate’s Court with the murder of a fellow inmate at Marang Prison.
MARANG: A prisoner was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of another inmate at Marang Prison in August.
Che Mohd Nazzaruddin Che Ros, 35, is accused of killing Nor Mohd Helmi Sahari in Zone 2, R10, Marang Prison, between 8.45 am and 9.15 am on Aug 24.
The charge is framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or a maximum of 40 years’ imprisonment and, where the death penalty is not imposed, not less than 12 strokes of the cane for male offenders under 50.
The accused was also not allowed bail. Deputy public prosecutor Noradila Ab Latif appeared for the prosecution, while Che Mohd Nazzaruddin was unrepresented.
Meanwhile, two other prisoners, Mohd Fadli Che Mansor, 36, and Nor Dhitauddin Afiq Norwadi, 22, pleaded not guilty in the same court to a charge of abetting or intentionally causing injury to the same victim on the same date, time and at the same location.
They are charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, which carries a maximum of one year’s imprisonment or an RM2,000 fine, or both, upon conviction.
Magistrate Athirah Hashim allowed both accused, who were represented by National Legal Aid Foundation counsel Shameer Haziq Shaharuddin, bail of RM2,000 each with one surety.
The court fixed Nov 5 for mention of Mohd Fadli’s and Nor Dhitauddin’s case, and Dec 10 for Che Mohd Nazzaruddin’s case.