KUALA LUMPUR – Two men were charged in the magistrates’ court here today with murdering a tent installer, who was found dead with stab wounds at a housing estate in Kepong last month.
Unemployed P. Thiagarajan, 42, and mechanic Elias Zainal Abidin, 44, each nodded that they understood after the charge was read out to them before magistrate Wong Chai Sia.
However, no plea was recorded from the duo as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of the high court.
They were charged with having common intention and responsibility for murdering M. Tushilen, 21, in front of Block E, Flat Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Intan Baiduri in Kepong between 10am and 1pm on November 25.
Both men were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code, which carries the mandatory death sentence if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Ahmad Hakimi Wan Ahmad Jaafar appeared for the prosecution while both of the accused were unrepresented. The court has set February 18 for re-mention pending the post-mortem report.
Prior to this, Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai said that the victim had visited the PPR with a friend to erect a tent.
Based on preliminary information, he said the victim had gone to Block E to buy some food when the two suspects arrived on a motorcycle, before one of them got off and stabbed him. – Bernama, December 17, 2020
