Eight charged with kidnap and murder


Date in court: The eight people covering their faces as they leave the magistrate’s court in Johor Baru after being charged with the kidnap and murder of a businessman.

JOHOR BARU: Eight people, in-­­­­­clu­­ding a woman, have been charged at a magistrate’s court here with kidnapping and causing the death of a 22-year-old businessman.

The accused – Lim Choon Ann, 22; Andy Teoh Wet Lun, 22; Yang Gui Zhong, 23; Loo Wei Beng, 27; Yew Hooi Lyn, 33; Leong Chew Yang, 34; S. Rajandran, 38; and Lau Koon Ping, 42 – were brought before magistrate Mohd Azlan Shah Mohd Alias yesterday.

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