KOTA TINGGI: An excavator driver was charged with killing his wife and burying her remains at an empty field in Bandar Penawar earlier this month.
No plea was recorded from Mohd Hanafi Patahur Rahim, 43, who was brought to the Kota Tinggi court complex here before magistrate Rashidah Baharom yesterday.
The accused was said to have killed his 38-year-old wife Noor Hasliza Alias at a house along Jalan SS 2/4 in Taman Sri Saujana here on March 1 at about 3.30am.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Rashidah fixed April 18 for next mention, pending the chemist’s and forensic reports.