TAWAU: The High Court here has set June 11 to decide on the case of 13 students accused of murdering their college mate Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan.
Judge Duncan Sikodol set the date when the case came up for mention on Wednesday (May 14).
This was after the prosecution, represented by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nisla Abdul Latif, requested time to respond to the submissions by the defence.
Also appearing for the prosecution were Deputy Public Prosecutors Ng Juhn Tao and Batrisyia Mohd Khusri.
On Feb 28, Duncan ordered the 13 teenagers, aged 16 to 19, to enter their defence on the charge of murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat, 17, in the dormitory rooms 7 Resak and 5 Belian at the Lahad Datu Vocational College between 9pm on March 21 and 7.38am on March 22, 2024.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, read together with Section 34 of the same Code.
They face the death penalty or up to 40 years' imprisonment and not more than 12 strokes of the cane, if convicted.
Eight of the students were represented by lawyers Datuk Ram Singh, Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki and Chen Wen Jye, while five others were represented by lawyers Mohamed Zairi Zainal Abidin, Abdul Ghani Zelika, Vivian Thien, Jhesseny P. Kang and Kusni Ambotuwo. – Bernama
