MELAKA: An Indonesian man was charged in the Ayer Keroh Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of his employer.
Rudiansyah, 25, nodded after the charge was read out to him by an Indonesian interpreter before Magistrate Khairunnisak Hassni, but no plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court, Bernama reported.
He was charged with voluntarily causing the death of Nordin Ong Abdullah, 71, in a house in an oil palm plantation between 10.30am last Dec 22 and 1.20am on Dec 27.
The charge provides the death sentence or imprisonment for not less than 30 years upon conviction.
The court set Feb 19 for mention for submission of the chemistry and autopsy report.