08-07-2025
Indonesian charged with murdering countryman in Sibu
No plea was recorded from Heriadi when the charge was read out to him by a court interpreter. (Pexels pic)
PETALING JAYA : An Indonesian man was charged in the Sibu magistrates' court today with murdering his countryman at a garden shed on Jalan Rantau Panjang in Sibu, Sarawak, last month.
Bernama reported that no plea was recorded from Heriadi, 39, when the charge was read out to him by a court interpreter before magistrate Romario Jonoi.
Heriadi is charged with causing the death of Andi at about 7pm on June 22 at a garden shed in Jalan Rantau Panjang.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code provides for the death sentence, or 30 to 40 years' imprisonment and at least 12 strokes of the rotan if convicted.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Aiman Zarith Zahrullail. Heriadi was unrepresented.
The court set Aug 29 for mention of the case.
In the same court, Heriadi and his wife Keti, 36, were jointly charged under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963 (Amendment 2002) with entering the country without valid travel documents.
They were charged with committing the offence in Jalan Teku Pasai-Siong at 9.50pm on June 23.
The offence provides for a fine of not more than RM10,000, up to five years' imprisonment, or both, and not more than six strokes of the rotan under Section 6(3) of the same Act.
No plea was recorded from either accused, and the court set July 17 for mention.
