LAHAD DATU: The Magistrates’ Court here Thursday set July 25 for the re-mention of the case of 13 vocational college students charged with the murder of a 17-year-old male student.
The 13 accused, aged 16 to 19, were jointly charged with murdering Mohammad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan at Bilik Asrama 7 Resak and 5 Belian, Lahad Datu Vocational College, between 9pm on March 21 and 7.38am the following day (March 22).
The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law.
The trial held in camera was before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani as the case involves underage offenders.
Deputy public prosecutor Ng Juhn Tao appeared for the prosecution, while eight of the 13 students were represented by lawyers Datuk Ram Singh, Kamarudin Mohamad Chinki, Chen Wen Jye and Amirul Amin Rashid.
Another teenager was represented by lawyer Abdul Gani Zelika, while the other four were not represented.
Kamarudin Mohamad Chinki when met said they had applied to the Magistrate for the case to be expedited as it should be heard in the Tawau High Court, however, the report from the Chemistry Department has yet to be acquired.
On April 2, the 13 boys were jointly charged in the Lahad Datu Magistrate’s Court, but no plea was recorded.
On March 22, Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat was found dead with injuries and bruises over several parts of his body, in a college dormitory.
Following that, the 13 vocational college students were arrested and subsequently remanded.
