BATU GAJAH: A gardener was charged in the Magistrate's Court here on Thursday (June 18) with the murder of a contractor in Kampung Gajah last week.
Bernama reports that Mohammad Farizzal Fazly Mohd Zulkifly, 30, nodded after the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan.
The Magistrate then set July 20 for mention.
No plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Farizzal Fazly is charged with murdering Muhammad Fahmi Abdullah, 29, on the side of Jalan Utama, Jalan Trans Perak in the Perak Tengah district, between 4.30am and 5.49am on June 10.
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The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the death sentence, or 40 years' jail and no fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
According to Sinar Harian, the victim was the current boyfriend of the accused's ex-girlfriend.
It was reported on June 10 that police launched a manhunt after a fatal stabbing in Perak Tengah.
The suspect's car was later found abandoned, while the man was arrested at the Perlis Sentral Bus Terminal in Kangar on June 11.
The suspect was also alleged to have raped his ex-girlfriend on the morning of the murder.
