Two Colombians were charged with stealing RM7 million worth of goods belonging to a businessman

 Two Colombians were charged with stealing RM7 million worth of goods belonging to a businessman

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28/06/2024

Yeyson Andres Rocha Garzon and Julian David Serna Pena were charged with housebreaking and stealing goods belonging to Indra Izwaan Mohd Yusof. - Named Photo

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Colombian men pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to the charge of breaking into a businessman's house and stealing goods worth RM7 million from the residence, last month.

Yeyson Andres Rocha Garzon, 39, and Julian David Serna Pena, 22, were charged with breaking into a house and stealing goods belonging to Indra Izwaan Mohd Yusof, 45, worth RM7 million at the victim's residence in Bukit Damansara, here at 10pm, 31 May last.

The charge is made in accordance with Section 457 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same code which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and a fine and if the offense is theft, then the prison term can be extended up to 14 years and for a second or subsequent offence, can be fined or whipped .

Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Nursyuhada Abd Rauf did not offer bail as the two accused did not have valid travel documents.

Lawyer Datuk Wan Azmir Wan Majid, who represented the two accused, said his side would send a representation regarding the charges faced by his client.

Judge Dr Azrol Abdullah did not allow the two accused to be released on bail and fixed August 5 for the re-mention of the case.

Following the case, the police managed to arrest eight members of a burglary gang orchestrated by Latin Americans and confiscated various stolen goods worth more than RM4 million.

Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa was reported to have said that six foreign men and two local women aged between 20 and 40 were arrested around the capital and Bangkok, Thailand.