Bukit Aman traffic cop charged with murder in Sarawak roadside shooting
KUCHING, May 7 — A Bukit Aman traffic police officer with the rank of lance corporal has been charged in the Magistrates' Court here today with murder over the fatal shooting of a man at Jalan Stephen Yong last month.
Genesis Mitchell David Reddy, 30, nodded after the charge was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali but no plea was taken as murder falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Genesis was charged with murdering Muhammad Zaki Iderus, 34, by fatally shooting the latter at Jalan Stephen Yong on April 26.
The charge comes under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which is punishable by death, or if not sentenced to death, by imprisonment for 30 to 40 years and a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
The court also fixed June 10 for next mention of the case pending the chemist's report.
The case was prosecuted by a prosecuting officer while Genesis was represented by National Legal Aid Foundation counsels Russell Lim and Brandon Ting. — The Borneo Post
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