No bail: Zainizan being brought to the Magistrate’s Court in Tampin. — Bernama
TAMPIN: A 51-year-old man was charged with the murder of Suri Narudin, whose body was discovered in a bag buried behind a house near here.
The charge was read out to Zainizan Zainal before Magistrate Mohamad Redza Azhar Rezali here yesterday.
No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the High Court’s jurisdiction.
The man, who is unrepresented, is accused of murdering Suri, 53, behind a house at Jalan Pedas Linggi, Rembau, between Dec 7 and 18.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death sentence or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years.
If the death sentence is not imposed, the offender shall also be punished with at least 12 strokes of the cane.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Balkis Zunaidi did not offer bail. The case was adjourned for mention to Jan 27, pending the forensic and post-mortem reports.
