KUALA LUMPUR: A Myanmar national has been charged with the murder of his ex-wife in front of a condominium in Setapak last month.
Aung Tun Ngwa, 26, who is unemployed, nodded in understanding after the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Nurul Izzah Hasan Basri on Tuesday (May 5).
However, no plea was recorded from the accused as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Aung was charged with murdering Merry Yet Ngwa, 33, also a Myanmar national, in front of Block 1 of Genting Court Condominium, Taman Setapak Indah Jaya, near here, at 2.30pm on April 23.
The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides for the death penalty, or between 30 and 40 years' jail with at least 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
The court fixed July 31 for case mention.
On April 24, Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus said police received information that a Myanmar woman had died.
A post-mortem found the cause of death to be stab wounds to the chest, Comm Fadil was quoted as saying. – Bernama
