2 siblings among 5 charged with murdering security guard
Published on: Thursday, January 04, 2024
By: Bernama
The five accused, which included a brother and sister, at the Selayang magistrates’ court, where they were charged with murder. (Bernama pic)
Kuala Lumpur: Five individuals, two of them siblings, were charged in the Selayang magistrates’ court with the murder of a security guard, whose body was found buried in the backyard of a house in Sungai Choh, Rawang, last month.
G Ganong Segaran, 34, and his sister G Malani, 33, as well as S Devi, 30, P Saravanan, 31, and PK Vikinesvaran, 20, were charged with murdering S Ashok, 20, at a house in Jalan Sungai Buaya, Sungai Choh, Rawang between 8am and 3.30pm on Dec 23.
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The charge, framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same law, provides for the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and if not sentenced to death, shall be subjected to 12 strokes of the rotan (for the men only), upon conviction.
The defendants nodded after the charge was read out to them before magistrate Nur Hafizah Rajuni, but no plea was recorded because the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
In the same court, Ganong Segaran and his brother, G Dandem Bain, 30, pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing the disappearance of evidence of an offence to shield the offenders from legal punishment.
They were jointly charged with committing the offence at the same location and date between 3.30pm and 8pm.
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The charge, framed under Section 201 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same law, provided a prison sentence of up to seven years or a fine, if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Nor Hakimi Mohamad Rosedin did not offer bail, but lawyer Erni Ahmad, from the National Legal Aid Foundation, requested bail for her client, Dandem Bain.
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Nur Hafizah then set bail at RM5,000 with one surety for Dandem Bain and ordered him not to approach witnesses.
The court set March 4 for mention of both cases.
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