African trio deny robbing Japanese businessman of US$30,000

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Three African men pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions court on Wednesday (Sept 11)  to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman of US$30,000 last month.  Patrick Samba, 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone, along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, 38,were charged with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma alongside two others who are still at large.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three African men pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Wednesday

00:05to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman last month.

00:08Patrick Samba, age 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone,

00:15along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, age 38,

00:19were charged with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma of US$30,000

00:25alongside two others who are still at large.

00:28The alleged crime took place in front of a restaurant at a shopping mall in Brickfields

00:32at 1.30pm on August 9.

00:35The trio were charged under Section 395 of the Penal Code,

00:39which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison

00:42and a fine or whipping if convicted.

00:46Deputy Public Prosecutor Izalina Abdullah did not offer bail

00:50as none of the accused had valid travel documents.

00:53However, Counsel A. R. Pelaya, representing all three accused,

00:58said his clients had valid travel documents,

01:01which were either with their respective agents

01:03or held at the colleges where they were studying.

01:06The lawyer requested the court to set an early date for him

01:09to verify their travel documents before appealing for bail.

01:13Judge Agusra Ali did not offer any bail and set September 25 for case mention.

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