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SHAH ALAM: The High Court today ordered a couple to intervene in their defense on the charge of murdering their eight-year-old son at the massage parlor where they worked three years ago.
Judge Noorin Badaruddin made the decision after the court found that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against the defendant, Aaron Teoh Eng Wan, 36, and his wife, En Sit Mooi, 39.
The court also ordered the couple to defend themselves against another charge of abuse that resulted in injury to the victim.
“I have evaluated and re-evaluated all the evidence, the court was satisfied that the prosecution had successfully proven a prima facie case on both counts against the defendant. Both defendants are hereby ordered to enter the defense, ”Noorin said.
The defense will be heard on January 18 and January 19 of next year.
On behalf of Teoh, Tina Ong informed the court that the defense team would present two witnesses, namely the couple who decided to testify under oath on the witness stand.
In was represented by Tan Teck Yew.
Deputy Prosecutor Siti Fatimah Yahaya, who appeared before the prosecution, presented 28 witnesses during the trial that began in July last year.
In her opening remarks during the trial, Siti Fatimah told the court that the victim was beaten by her parents with a cane and a stick.
The pathologist’s testimony revealed that the boy’s cause of death was due to extensive subcutaneous and muscular hemorrhage, due to multiple blunt trauma.
Testimony from other prosecution witnesses, such as the chemist, also confirmed that there was DNA from Teoh and the victim on a cane found at the scene, and CCTV footage from the premises showed En dragging the victim.
The couple is being tried for killing the eldest of their two children in a massage center in Subang Jaya between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on May 26, 2017, where according to article 302 of the Penal Code read with article 34 of the same code, establishes for mandatory death penalty if convicted.
Teoh and En are also charged with abuse that caused harm to the victim at the same place, time and date.
They were charged for the first time in the Petaling Jaya Magistrates Court on June 5, 2017.
