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Ex-commando charged with
murdering grandma
DUNGUN: A former commando was charged
in the magistrate’s court here yesterday with
the murder of his 80-year-old grandmother in
Kampung Bukit Pak Sabah here on Oct 12.
No plea was recorded from Mohd Nassir Abdul
Manan, 42, who is charged with murdering Muda
Mat Zin between 9am and 7.30pm on that day.
Mohd Nassir, who was unrepresented, nodded
and said he understood the charge when it was
read out to him before magistrate Mohd Yusoff
Yunus, who set Dec 21 for mention of the case.
Muda was found dead on Oct 12 at her house
by a daughter. She had a slash wound on the back
of the head and was found strangled and her head
was submerged in a basin of water. – Bernama
by Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
KUALA LUMPUR: Two wanted criminals
were shot and captured in a special operation
by the city serious crimes division on Tuesday
– a day after they went on a robbery spree.
A task force was formed to catch the men,
aged 20 and 29, soon after they attacked and
seriously injured a police constable at Kuala
Lumpur Hospital on Oct 13.
The suspects also robbed the constable of
his service pistol, official vest, handcuff and
walkie-talkie. They are also behind the rape
of a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Kepong in March
this year.
In a press conference at the city contingent
police headquarters yesterday, Kuala Lumpur
deputy police chief SAC Datuk Abu Samah Mat
said intelligence reports led members of the
task force to a flat in Taman Permai, Gombak
where they spotted the older suspect leaving
Cop’s girlfriend falls
to her death
KUALA LUMPUR: A 22-year-old college student
fell to her death from her house on the 18th floor
of a condominium block on Jalan Tun Razak early
yesterday.
Kok Yoke Tien is believed to have had an ar-
gument with her boyfriend, a police inspector in
his 20s with the Selangor narcotics department,
earlier.
Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said the
inspector was in the condominium at the time
she fell. He said police received a call from a
security guard of the Vista Damai Condominiums
at 2.30am informing them that Kok’s body was
found sprawled on the ground floor.
He said the case has been classified as sudden
death and initial investigations showed there was
no foul play.
He said police are investigating the case further
to find out what led to the incident and why the
police inspector was at the woman’s house.
“We are viewing this case seriously,” he said.
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Wanted duo caught
after robbery spree
in a Proton Waja fitted with false registration
plates that was reported stolen in Ipoh several
months ago at about 5pm.
He said detectives trailed the suspect who
drove around the city for about 50km before
realising the police were on his trail.
Abu Samah said a high-speed chase fol-
lowed when the suspect tried to shake off the
police. On arriving Jalan Ipoh, the suspect
abandoned the car near a row of shophouses
and ran to a backlane. When police identi-
fied themselves, he refused to surrender and
opened fire with the stolen pistol.
Police returned fire. The suspect was shot
in the left thigh and apprehended.
Abu Samah said the team returned to the
same flat at about 11pm to look for the other
suspect. He said the suspect fled in a Perodua
Myvi. The police were again engaged in a high
speed chase which took them up to Taman
‘No’ to review on
Canny Ong case
PUTRAJAYA: Ahmad Najib Aris, who was sen-
tenced to death for murdering IT analyst Canny
Ong Lay Kian six years ago, has exhausted all
attempts to set aside the sentence.
This follows the Federal Court’s dismissal
of his leave application yesterday for review
against its previous panel’s decision in affirm-
ing the death sentence imposed by the High
Court.
Chief Justice of Sabah and Sarawak Tan
Sri Richard Malanjum, who presided over the
hearing with Federal Court Justices Datuk James
Foong and Datuk Heliliah Mohd Yusof, unani-
mously dismissed Ahmad Najib’s application
on the grounds that according to the facts of
the circumstances of the case, there was no
threshold issue to grant the application, pursu-
ant to Rule 137.
The 33-year-old former aircraft cleaning
supervisor sought the Federal Court to invoke
its discretion under Rule 137 of the Rules of
Pornthip at ‘distinct disadvantage’
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Pornthip also said she was at a “distinct dis-
advantage” when conducting her examination
as she was unable to perform a post mortem on
Teoh as his family did not want her to.
She said she did not consult either Prashant
or Khairul or receive all of the DNA or toxicology
reports prepared by Dr Seah Lay Hong of the
Chemistry Department.
However, she maintained that she was able
to conduct a satisfactory analysis based on the
photos and reports supplied to her, as she was
not at a “100% disadvantage”.
Asked about defensive wounds, Pornthip said
such wounds would depend on the weapon used.
“If there is a weapon, we should be able to find
Joint trial for 12 accused of cow’s head protest
SHAH ALAM: Twelve men accused of taking part
in a “cow’s head” protest in front of the Sultan
Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building here on Aug
28 will be jointly tried in the sessions court here.
The trial date will be fixed during the case’s
mention on Dec 8.
Earlier, judge M. Gunalan allowed the appli-
cation by deputy public prosecutor Roslan Abu
Bakar that the accused be tried together.
The 12 include Ahmad Mahayuddin Abdul
Manaf, 36, Ibrahim Sabri, 43, Eyzva Ezhar Ramly,
31, Mohd Azmir Mohd Zain, 35, Ahmad Suhairy
Zakaria, 30, and Mohd Hilmi Ni, 40.
Ibrahim and Ahmad Mahayuddin are jointly
charged with stepping on the cow’s head, Eyzva
Ezhar with bringing the cow’s head, Mohd Azmir,
Ahmad Suhairy and Mohd Hilmi with bringing and
stepping on the cow’s head in an illegal assembly.
Pelangi, Rawang. He said police were forced to
open fire when a detective sustained abdomi-
nal injuries after the crook began ramming his
car, which was also fitted with false number
plates, into the unmarked police car.
Abu Samah said the suspect was shot in his
arm. He lost control of his vehicle and crashed
into a drain. The suspect was then arrested.
He said both men are being treated at the
Selayang Hospital under heavy police watch.
Abu Samah said checks showed that the older
suspect has six previous criminal records includ-
ing armed robbery since 2000 and had also been
held under preventive laws in the past.
He said the policemen found axes, parangs,
a drug smoking apparatus, break-in tools and
the items the men had stolen from the consta-
ble. Also found was foreign and local curren-
cies and a motorised mini buggy bike they had
stolen during their crime spree on Monday.
the Federal Court 1995 to review its previous
decision delivered on March 27, this year, claim-
ing that there was substantial miscarriage of
justice on the face of the judgment.
Ahmad Najib was sentenced to death by
the Shah Alam High Court on Feb 23, 2005 for
murdering Ong, at 7th mile Jalan Klang Lama
between 1am and 5am on June 14, 2003.
He was also sentenced to 20 years’ jail and
ordered to be given 10 strokes of the rotan by
the same court after he was found guilty of rap-
ing her at the same time, day and place.
Ong’s charred remains were found buried
under two cement-filled tyres in a hole measur-
ing 3x3x3 feet, with her hands across her chest
and legs sticking out.
Ahmad Najib appealed to the Court of Appeal
which dismissed his appeal on May 3, 2007.
His attempt to reverse the decision was also
turned down by the Federal Court on March 27
this year. – Bernama
defensive wounds,” she said.
Pornthip also disputed Prashant’s earlier
analysis that Teoh was not asphyxiated as there
was no tongue-biting found on Teoh.
“Tongue bite means that there was protrusion
of the tongue because of the obstruction of the
trachea, and in a manual strangulation, the hand
cannot compress the trachea. The absence of a
tongue bite means nothing,” she said.
Questioned by Gobind Singh Deo, counsel for the
Teoh family, Pornthip said she would be willing to do a
second post mortem on Teoh’s body if it was exhumed,
despite it being three months since his death.
“Despite the limitations, doing a second post
mortem would not put me at a disadvantage. I can
still conduct a post mortem on the body,” she said.
The inquest continues on Nov 9.
They are charged under Section 4(1) of the Sedi-
tion Act 1948 and face a maximum of RM5,000 in
fine, or jail of up to three years, or both.
They also pleaded not guilty to an alternative
charge of wounding the feelings of Hindus at the
same place and time and face up to a year in jail,
fine, or both, under Section 298 of the Penal Code.
Ahmad Mahayuddin and Ibrahim are the chair-
man and deputy chairman, respectively, of the
Section 23 residents’ action committee which
headed a demonstration against the relocation
of a temple into the area.
They and six others – Jainuddin @ Zainuddin
Md Yusuff, 67, Mohd Jurit Ramli, 39, Mohamad
Nordin Zakaria, 46, Jamil Mohamad Isa, 40, Ra-
himuddin Md Harun, 39, and Azhari Shaari, 39,
– are also charged with taking part in an illegal
assembly. – Bernama