Trio charged with murder of friend in Melaka
Three men were charged at the Magistrate's Court in Alor Gajah with the murder of their friend, whose decomposed body was found in an overgrown field at a plantation in Pulau Sebang, Melaka.
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00:00 Three men were charged at the Magistrate's Court in Alu Gajah with the murder of their
00:06 friend whose decomposed body was found in an overgrown field at the plantation in Pulau
00:12 Sepang in Melaka.
00:14 However, no plea was recorded when the charges were read to A. A. Dinesh, R. C. Vira Ganesh
00:21 and V. Sasi Kumar before Magistrate Nurul Bahiya Kamaluddin on Wednesday as murder cases
00:27 are under the High Court's jurisdiction.
00:30 Based on the charge sheet, the trio, all aged 25, had allegedly caused the death of 24-year-old
00:37 R. Dhawan Raj.
00:39 The offence was allegedly committed between 5.24am and 9am close to an open area along
00:46 the road near an oil pump plantation in Kemuning, Pulau Sepang on September 10.
00:52 The charges were framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death
00:58 sentence, or maximum prison term of 40 years and not less than 12 strokes of cane, upon
01:05 conviction.
01:06 The prosecution was carried out by Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Esdan Nasaruddin while
01:12 all three were represented by a counsel who requested anonymity.
01:17 The Court fixed October 27 as the next mentioned date.
01:21 It was reported that a decomposed body was discovered at the site on September 16.
01:28 Melaka Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Tatoe Zaino Sama was quoted on September 18 as saying
01:34 that a post-mortem showed that the victim had severe injuries on his head and stab wounds
01:39 on his body and could have been killed elsewhere before his body was dumped.
01:45 He said police received a call from the public about a foul stench from the site before the
01:50 body was found.
01:51 The court ruled that the victim was found dead at the scene of the crime.
01:52 The victim was found dead at the scene of the crime.
01:53 The victim was found dead at the scene of the crime.
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