Man in hospital charged with murdering one daughter, slashing two others
BY QISHIN TARIQ
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KAJANG: A jobless man was charged on Thursday with killing his 7-year-old daughter and slashing his two other daughters with a parang last week.
As Norazman Mohammad, 43, is warded in the Kajang Hospital here, magistrate Abdul Jalil Salam Mohamad had to go to the hospital.
Norazman is accused of murdering Zulaikha with a parang just three days after her birthday.
He also faces two additional charges of causing hurt while trying to murder his other two daughters, Maryam, 10, and Liyana, 12.
According to the charge sheet, the offences occurred in a home in Section 4, Bandar Baru Bangi at 4pm on Jan 30.
No plea was taken for the first charge, as it is a capital offence. However, Norazman claimed trial to the two additional charges.
If convicted of murdering Zulaikha, the father faces the gallows, while the two other charges under Section 307 for attempted murder, are each punishable with 20 years jail.
Reporters were not allowed into the building as Norazman is detained in the men's ward.
DPP S. Abivami told reporters that next court date was Feb 25.
Norazman was represented by lawyer Nasar Khan, hired by his wife.
It was reported that police, who had received a call about a man going amok, arrived to discover the little girl dead in a back room on the ground floor of the house with her neck severely slashed.
Police rushed the two other girls to the Kajang Hospital, one lost a finger while the other had slash wounds on her neck.
They later found Norazman with injuries to his head at a nearby river.
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