SEREMBAN: The Sessions Court here has fixed Jan 9 for the next mention of a case involving a 46-year-old father charged with causing the deaths of his two young children, who drowned in Sungai Linggi in September.
Judge N. Kanageswari set the date after deputy public prosecutor Siti Khairiah Abdul Razak told the court on Monday (Nov 10) that the medical and post-mortem reports were not ready.
Abdul Rahman Mahmud had claimed trial when he was charged on Sept 12.
He was charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which carries a penalty of up to 30 years' imprisonment and a fine upon conviction.
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The two siblings, aged six and eight, drowned in the incident on Sept 4 when the car they were in plunged into the river. Also in the car was a woman believed to be the man's lover.
Based on the preliminary probe by the police, the siblings were resting in the car next to the river with the couple just before the tragedy.
The man then exited the car to have a cigarette, and the vehicle began rolling towards the river.
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Passersby managed to save the woman, but the children were trapped inside.
The children's bodies were found in the front passenger seat of the overturned vehicle at a depth of 4m.
Police later said the car involved in the incident had been reported stolen.
