KUALA LUMPUR: A woman from China pleaded not guilty to murdering a compatriot by stabbing her multiple times at a restaurant in a shopping mall in Cheras two years ago.
Former restaurant waitress Yang Yahong, 36, made the plea after the charge was read before High Court judge Datuk Aslam Zainuddin here on Wednesday (June 3).
Yang was accused of murdering her colleague, cashier Zhang Wei, 34, at 4.30pm on Nov 29, 2024.
She was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides for the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and is also liable to not less than 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
In the same court, a local man pleaded not guilty to a charge of trafficking 7,707.8gm of methamphetamine last year.
Kong Mung Kean, 33, was accused of trafficking the drugs in a shopping mall parking lot on Jalan Klang Lama here at 5.40pm on July 24, 2025.
He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment, and if not sentenced to death, a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
The court set July 16 as the next mention date for both cases. - Bernama
