Cow herder charged with murder of clerk

M.Kirubakaran, 29, (in purple) being escorted walking out from the court after he was charged with the murder of a 40-year-old woman and two drug related offences at the Seberang Prai (Municipal) Magistrate Court, Butterworth.

BUTTERWORTH: A cow herder appeared calm and composed as he acknowledged a murder charge involving a 40-year-old woman at a Magistrate’s Court here.

No plea was recorded from M. Kirubakaran, 29, who nodded that he understood the charge of murdering clerk Lee Ling Tee between 3am and 4am, on Aug 28, at a house in Jalan Permatang Ara, Taman Seruling Emas in Sungai Jawi, Nibong Tebal.