Bella murder: Court sets May 20 for mention to transfer case to High Court

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A Magistrate's Court in Batu Pahat, Johor, on Monday (May 6) scheduled May 20 for the next mention of the case involving a man accused of murdering his friend, Mila Sharmilah Samsusah, also known as Bella, for the purpose of transferring it to the High Court.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4dsy44ya  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A magistrate's court in Batu Pahat, Johor, has scheduled May 20 for the next mention

00:06 in the murder case involving a man accused of killing his friend, Mila Sharmila Samsusa,

00:12 also known as Bella, with the intent to transfer the case to the High Court.

00:17 Magistrate Suhaila Shafiuddin set the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Wahida

00:22 Mohamed Sharif informed the court that the prosecution is awaiting further instructions

00:27 from the Johor State Prosecution Office following new police developments.

00:32 During the hearing, defense lawyer Syahril Anwar Haroon, representing 25-year-old accused

00:37 Mohamed Haikal Mahfouz, requested an earlier date due to two previous delays in March and April.

00:44 Mohamed Haikal was charged on January 24 with the murder of 32-year-old Mila Sharmila,

00:49 which allegedly occurred between 11 p.m. on December 14 and 5.30 a.m. on December 15, 2023,

00:56 at multiple locations including Jalan Kelapa Bali, Taman Soga, Jalan Parit Besar, Kampung Parit Besar,

01:04 and an abandoned house in Lorong Imam Jailani, Jalan Besar, Tongkang Pecah in Batu Pahat.

01:11 He faces charges under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which can result in the death penalty

01:17 or 30 to 40 years in prison, with at least 12 strokes of the cane if the death sentence is not imposed.

01:24 Previously, media reports indicated that Bella, a single mother of two,

01:29 went missing after reportedly leaving her home in her boyfriend's car

01:33 to visit a laundromat around 11.50 p.m. on December 14 last year.

01:39 On January 19, one of the suspects in Bella's disappearance

01:43 led police to human remains in an abandoned residence on Lorong Imam Jailani.

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