January trial for Israeli charged with firearms possession


KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has fixed 12 days in January next year for the trial of Israeli Avitan Shalom, who is charged with two counts of trafficking six firearms and possessing 200 rounds of ammunition in a hotel room here.

Judge Norina Zainol Abidin set Jan 6 to 9, Jan 13 to 16 and Jan 20 to 23 to hear the case after deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalam requested that the court reschedule the trial dates, which was earlier set to begin yesterday.

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