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KUALA LUMPUR: A woman, whose son is among four men accused of killing former Mardi researcher Dr. Wan Hassan Wan Embong, cried hysterically after being accused.
The mother of electrician T. Sugu, 27, sobbed and wailed outside the courtroom, saying that her son was a good person and that he could not have committed such a crime.
“He is the only son who takes good care of me,” he said in Tamil.
Sugu, along with security guard S. Vickneswaran, 22, passenger P. Kogilan, 23, and unemployed M. Ravindran, 23, were jointly charged in the Magistrates Court here for the murder. by Wan Hassan, 73. committed the crime at the victim’s home in Bukit Bandaraya here between 3.35am and 4am on November 29.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read in conjunction with Section 34 of the same Code, carries the death penalty upon conviction.
The four defendants nodded to indicate that they understood the charge after the court interpreter read it yesterday before Judge Wong Chai Sia.
No reason was recorded.
Deputy Prosecutor Wan Ahmad Hakimi Wan Ahmad Jaafar appeared before the indictment.
The magistrate set March 9 for his mention.
The men were later taken to the Court of Sessions to face another charge of armed robbery.
They claimed to be tried for committing an armed robbery with a machete and hammer against the engineer Mohd Muzaffar Zulkifli Martin.
According to the charge sheet, the 33-year-old victim suffered a loss of RM38,000.
The crime was allegedly committed at a house in Taman Tiara Titiwangsa between 4:12 AM and 5:30 AM on the same day.
The charge under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years and flogging upon conviction.
The judge of the Court of Sessions Izralizam Sanusi did not allow the bail and set March 9 as a mention.
Deputy Prosecutor Muhammad Aiman Azahan prosecuted.
On November 29, it was reported that two burglars broke into Wan Hassan’s home.
A fight broke out after he tried to defend himself from thieves, leading to him being mortally wounded.
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Comm Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said 10 suspects between the ages of 21 and 29 were arrested after a second robbery in Titiwangsa on the same day.
A breakdown in the case came after one of the suspects accidentally dropped a wallet that belonged to the murder victim.
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