Woman loses bid to drop charge over gun supplied to Israeli national
PETALING JAYA : Selangor prosecutors have rejected representations by a woman seeking to have a charge against her for possessing a pistol, allegedly supplied to Israeli national Avitan Shalom, withdrawn.
Deputy public prosecutor Azamuddin Razak informed the sessions court today of the decision during mention of Sharifah Faraha Syed Husin's case before judge Nurul Mardhiah Redza.
'The representations submitted by Sharifah Faraha to the Selangor prosecution to have her charge dropped has been rejected,' Azamuddin told the court, which fixed Oct 6, 7, 8, 13 and 17 for the trial.
Sharifah Faraha, 42, was represented by counsel Radzuan Ibrahim.
Azamuddin said the prosecution would call 10 witnesses to testify during the trial.
On April 8, 2024, Sharifah Faraha pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing a CZ 75 P‑01 CAL.9 Luger pistol at a house in Kampung Bukit Belimbing, Kuala Selangor, at 8pm on March 29, 2024.
She was charged under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years and a minimum six strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
On June 5, her husband, Azim Yasin, 44, pleaded guilty to a related charge and was sentenced by the same court to 10 years' imprisonment and six strokes of the cane.
According to the charge, Azim was with Sharifah Faraha under circumstances that gave reasonable grounds to believe he knew she was in possession of the firearm at the same location, date and time.
He was charged under Section 9 of the same Act, which prescribes a similar penalty.
On Feb 26, Avitan was sentenced by the Kajang sessions court to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing 200 rounds of ammunition and six firearms.
Avitan, 39, was charged with committing the offence in a hotel room at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, between 6.46pm on March 26 and 6pm on March 28 last year.
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