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Published on: Thursday, December 10, 2020
By: Bernama
The four accused being brought to the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur: Four men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here Wednesday with the murder of a former Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) Director of Information Technology Dr Wan Hassan Wan Embong in a robbery at his residence two weeks ago.
Security guard S. Vickeswaran, 22, despatch rider P. Kogilan and unemployed M. Ravindran, both 23, and electrician T. Sugu, 27, nodded after the charge was read out to them before Magistrate Wong Chai Sia (she), but no plea was recorded as the case comes under the High Court’s jurisdiction.
All four men did not enter a plea before Magistrate Wong Chai Sia.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Ahmad Hakimi Wan Ahmad Jaafar prosecuted, while the accused were unrepresented.The magistrate set 9 March for the next case mention and did not allow bail.
Wan Hassan s home in Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar.
The men were later brought to the Sessions Court to face another charge of gang robbery
The offence falls under Sections 395 and 397 of the Penal Code and carries the sentence of 20 years jail and whipping upon conviction.
According to Malay Mail, they were charged for wielding a
parang and a hammer at the home of engineer Mohd Muzaffar Zulkifli Martin in Taman Tiara Titiwangsa, Setapak on the same morning they broke into Dr Wan Hassan s home.
Tight security: The accused being led into the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Lumpur. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman, whose son is among the four men accused of killing former Mardi researcher Dr Wan Hassan Wan Embong, cried hysterically after he was charged.
The mother of 27-year-old electrician T. Sugu sobbed and wailed outside the courtroom, saying that her son was a good person and could not have committed such an offence.
“He is the only son who takes good care of me, ” she said in Tamil.
Sugu, together with security guard S. Vickneswaran, 22, despatch rider P. Kogilan, 23, and unemployed M. Ravindran, 23, were jointly charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of 73-year-old Wan Hassan.They allegedly committed the offence at the victim’s house in Bukit Bandaraya here between 3.35am and 4am on Nov 29.