Four men plead not guilty to murdering former Mardi director in robbery


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Four men pleaded not guilty in the High Court here on Tuesday (July 4) to charges of killing former Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) information technology division director Dr Wan Hassan Wan Embong in a robbery incident at the latter’s residence, last year.

Security guard S. Vickeswaran, 23, mailman P. Kogilan and unemployed M. Ravindran, both 24, and electrician T. Sugu, 28, made the plea after the charges against them were read out by an interpreter during the mention of the case before Judicial Commissioner Datuk Aslam Zainuddin.

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