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The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Jobless man charged with wife's murder in Bukit Gambir, Johor
TANGKAK: An unemployed man was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with the murder of his wife in Bukit Gambir, near here, early this month. Mohamad Khairul Azmi Ithnin, 32, nodded to indicate he understood the charge when it was read out to him before Magistrate Lee Kim Kiat. No plea was recorded as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court. The accused was alleged to have caused the death of Iecah Junus, 34, at a house in Taman Cahaya, Bukit Gambir, between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm on June 2. The charge, framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction. Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Amirah Sapian requested that no bail be offered and applied for the accused to be sent to Hospital Permai for psychiatric evaluation under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court allowed the application and set July 8 for mention of the case to submit pathology, toxicology, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) reports. Meanwhile, Tangkak police chief Supt Roslan Mohd Talib in a statement said the accused is also expected to be charged in the Muar Sessions Court today under Section 435 of the Penal Code for committing mischief by fire. The suspect allegedly set fire to nine vehicles parked at his in-laws' residence in Kampung Pengkalan, Kampung Durian Chondong, near here, on June 3. He was remanded for seven days from June 4 to assist investigations.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Jobless man charged with wife's murder in Johor
TANGKAK: An unemployed man was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with the murder of his wife in Bukit Gambir, near here, early this month. Mohamad Khairul Azmi Ithnin, 32, nodded to indicate he understood the charge when it was read out to him before Magistrate Lee Kim Kiat. No plea was recorded as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court. The accused was alleged to have caused the death of Iecah Junus, 34, at a house in Taman Cahaya, Bukit Gambir, between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm on June 2. The charge, framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction. Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Amirah Sapian requested that no bail be offered and applied for the accused to be sent to Hospital Permai for psychiatric evaluation under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The court allowed the application and set July 8 for mention of the case to submit pathology, toxicology, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) reports. Meanwhile, Tangkak police chief Supt Roslan Mohd Talib in a statement said the accused is also expected to be charged in the Muar Sessions Court today under Section 435 of the Penal Code for committing mischief by fire. The suspect allegedly set fire to nine vehicles parked at his in-laws' residence in Kampung Pengkalan, Kampung Durian Chondong, near here, on June 3. He was remanded for seven days from June 4 to assist investigations.
The Sun
04-06-2025
- General
- The Sun
Man who slashed wife to death remanded seven days
TANGKAK: The man who slashed his wife to death in Bukit Gambir last Monday has been remanded for seven days from today to facilitate further investigations. The remand order was issued by Magistrate Lee Kim Kiat for the investigations to be carried out under Section 320 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt and Section 435 of the same Code for mischief by fire. According to Tangkak Police District chief Supt Roslan Mohd Talib, the man was initially apprehended for allegedly torching a car and a motorcycle at his mother-in-law's house. He said that during interrogation, the suspect appeared confused and told them that his wife was missing. 'A team of policemen went to his house to investigate. That was when they found his wife, lifeless on the floor of the living room, covered with a blanket and a knife not far from the body,' he told Bernama when contacted. Roslan said the police believed that family conflict was the motive behind the two incidents. Initial investigation also revealed that the 33-year-old suspect had a previous record related to a crime of mischief, he added. Meanwhile, the suspect's mother-in-law, when met at her house in Durian Chondong, Muar, said the last time she saw her daughter was just from afar, three days ago, when she went to pick up a bag of rice that the couple bought for her from Thailand. 'He (the suspect) has not spoken to me for quite some time and does not allow my daughter to see her parents, her siblings or any of our relatives. He always tells us to stay away,' the 63-year-old mother said. The woman said she always had the feeling that something bad was going to happen to her daughter, and true enough, the suspect came to her house late on the night of the incident, trying to set fire to her house. 'Late that night, he came to our place, torched our car and motorcycle. If we were awakened just a minute late, my family, my grandchildren and I would have perished in that fire,' she said, adding that her daughter, 34, married the man three years ago. Although it is hard to cope with the loss of her daughter, the woman said she still wants justice to be served.
