Three village labourers charged with murdering Orang Asli girl
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Ogos 29, 2022
Three village labourers charged with murdering Orang Asli girl
The three accused, Rosli Bakar, 29, Helmat, 22, and Murad Ahmad, 26, - nodded after the charge was read out to them, but no plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court. - BERNAMA
PEKAN: Three Orang Asli men were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with the murder of a 14-year-old Orang Asli girl.
The three accused -- Rosli Bakar, 29, Helmat, 22, and Murad Ahmad, 26, -- nodded after the charge was read out to them, but no plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
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The three of them, who are odd job labourers, were jointly charged with murdering the girl in a forest area near an old cemetery at Bukit Ibam, Muadzam Shah, Rompin, between 11.15 pm last Aug 20 and 7 am the following day.
The charge, framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides the death sentence upon conviction.
The court set Nov 3 for mention.
Deputy public prosecutor Luqman Hakim Mohamad Usari prosecuted, while all the three accused are represented by lawyer Ahmad Deniel Roslan.
-- BERNAMA
