IPOH (BERNAMA) – A mobile phone accessories shop worker was accused in the Magistrate’s Court in Malaysia of killing his employer last week.
Yap Kok Ming, 54, only nodded in understanding and no confession was recorded when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Siti Nora Sharif as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
He is accused of killing Lee Siew Lean, 49, at a mobile phone accessories shop in Taman Rasi Jaya, Menglembu between 10am and noon on January 4.
The charges are according to Section 302 of the Penal Code which provides for the death penalty or imprisonment for the minimum of 30 years but not more than 40 years, and if not sentenced to death, shall be punished with a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
The court fixed March 6 for case remention pending the autopsy report. Deputy public prosecutor Vatchira Wong Rui Fern appeared for the prosecution while the accused was unrepresented.
