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SHAH ALAM: The Superior Court here today ordered a couple to intervene in their defense for the charge of murdering their eight-year-old son at the massage center where they worked three years ago.
Judge Datuk 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, ”Judge Noorin said.
The court will hear the defense of the accused on January 18 and January 19 next year.
Attorney Tina Ong, representing Aaron, informed the court that the defense team would present two witnesses, namely the couple who decided to testify under oath on the witness stand.
En is represented by attorney Tan Teck Yew.
Deputy Prosecutor Siti Fatimah Yahya, who appeared for the indictment, presented 28 witnesses during the trial that began in July 2019.
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.
The testimony of other prosecution witnesses such as the chemist also confirmed that there was deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) belonging to Aaron and the victim in a cane found at the scene and the CCTV recording at the premises showed En dragging the victim who was weak and weak. , repeatedly.
The couple is being tried for killing the eldest of their two children in a premises of the Regalia Business Center, Subang Jaya between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on May 26, 2017, according to article 302 of the Penal Code read with article 34 of the same. code, which establishes the mandatory death penalty in case of being found guilty.
Aaron and En are also charged with abuse that caused harm to the victim at the same place, time, and date in accordance with Section 31 (1) (a) of the Children’s Act 2001 and read with Section 31 ( 5) of the same law that is punishable under article 31 (1) of the same act.
They were charged for the first time in the Petaling Jaya Magistrates Court on June 5, 2017. -Called
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