Jobless man pleads guilty to charge of murdering parents

The Star

An unemployed man pleaded guilty in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday (Sept 6) to a charge of murdering his parents whose bodies were found in a pool of blood at their home in Kampung Sungai Penchala end of last year.  Afendi Muhammad Agus@Muhamed Ali, 43, made the plea after the two charges were read out before Judge K. Muniandy.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bdh267yx  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00A jobless man pleaded guilty at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday to a charge of

00:06murdering his parents, whose bodies were found in a pool of blood at their home in December

00:11last year.

00:13Affendi Muhammad Agus alias Muhammad Ali made the plea after the two charges were read out

00:18before Judge K. Munyandi.

00:20The 43-year-old was accused of murdering his parents, aged 82 and 72, at a house in Kampung

00:26Sungai Penjala between 7.10 p.m. and 7.20 p.m. on December 9.

00:33The charges were framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death

00:37penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and caning of not less than 12 times

00:43upon conviction.

00:44Earlier, Judge Munyandi asked lawyer Muhammad Ruzaini Zulkifli, representing the accused,

00:51to ascertain whether his client intended to maintain his guilty plea.

00:56Despite being explained by the lawyer the reasons and consequences of his plea, Affendi

01:02maintained his guilt.

01:03Muhammad Ruzaini then informed the court that he was newly appointed and asked for time

01:08to examine the case documents.

01:10The court recorded the guilty plea by the accused and also that he understood the reasons

01:15and consequences of the plea and set October 10 for mention.

01:26For more UN videos visit www.un.org

Category

Transcript

Recommended