TAWAU: The eighth accused in the murder of Lahad Datu Vocational College student Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan told the High Court here that he did not see the victim being beaten up.
The accused, who is the 10th defence witness, said on Friday (March 14) that he and his friends did not use violence or beat anyone to solve cases of theft at the hostel.
"I did not see anyone beating up the victim and I also did not beat him,” he said when re-examined by his lawyer Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki before Justice Datuk Duncan Sikodol.
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On Feb 28, Justice Duncan ordered 13 teenagers aged 16 to 19 to enter their defence on a charge of murdering Nazmie Aizzat at the college between 9pm on March 21 last year and 7.38am the following day.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34, which provides for the death penalty, or imprisonment of 30 to 40 years and up to 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
Asked by Kamarudin if he knew the victim was being harmed during the time in question, the eighth accused said the victim was not harmed and looked "normal” when he (the accused) came out of the Belian 5 dormitory room.
Kamarudin: What do you mean by normal?
Eighth accused: He was able to stand on his own and was his usual self.
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Meanwhile, when re-examined by DPP Ng Juhn Tao, the eighth accused did not agree with the prosecution that the 17th, 16th and 12th prosecution witnesses saw him and his friends beating the victim.
Earlier in his witness statement, the eighth accused said he only pushed the victim away when they gathered in a group in Belian 5.
The prosecution team also included DPPs Nur Nisla Abdul Latif and Batrisyia Mohd Khusri.
Eight of the 13 teenagers were represented by lawyers Datuk Ram Singh, Kamarudin and Chen Wen Jye while the other five were represented by lawyers Mohamed Zairi Zainal Abidim, Abdul Ghani Zelika, Vivian Thien, Jhesseny P Kang and Kusni Ambotuwo. – Bernama
