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New Straits Times
26-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Football mad e-hailing driver's murder case transferred to the High Court
KUCHING: The case of an e-hailing driver charged with murdering his first-time date to steal her jewellery to fund his trip to an international football match in Phnom Penh last year has been transferred to the High Court. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali made the order today when the case was brought up for mention before her today. Zakwan Mokhtar, 23, was charged under Section 320 of the Penal Code with murdering Nurul Asikin Lan in December last year. He was alleged to have done so to steal her gold bracelet and earrings, which he intended to pawn to fund his trip to watch Malaysia play Cambodia in the 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Asean Cup football tournament in Phnom Penh on Dec 8. If found guilty, Zakwan faces the death sentence or imprisonment of 30 to 40 years, along with a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane if not sentenced to death. Deputy public prosecutor Jean Siow Chung Hwei informed the court today that the post-mortem examination report on the 28-year-old victim, fondly known as "Amoi" to family members and friends, and the retrieval of the WhatsApp messages between the suspect and the victim have been completed. Zakwan, who was unrepresented, only nodded his head in acknowledgment when the murder charge was read to him by a court interpreter. On Dec 14, Nurul Asikin's highly decomposed body was discovered in a drain along Jalan Setia Raja in the residential housing area of Tabuan Jaya. Zakwan was arrested on the same day the body was found. This case attracted public attention after the accused, during police interrogation, was said to have confessed to the murder and his motive for the killing. He was charged later that same month.
Borneo Post
24-04-2025
- Borneo Post
New May 26 mention date for Nur Asikin Lan murder case as prosecution awaits forensic report on WhatsApp messages
Police personnel escort Zakwan after proceedings at the Kuching Court Complex today. — Photo by Desiree David KUCHING (April 24): The Magistrates' Court here today set May 26 as the new mention date for the case against 23-year-old e-hailing driver Zakwan Mokhtar, who has been charged with the murder of Nurul Asikin Lan. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali fixed the date following a request by deputy public prosecutor Jean Siow Chung Hwei, who sought additional time pending the forensic report on the extraction of WhatsApp messages. Zakwan was placed on further remand at Puncak Borneo Prison until the next mention, as murder is a non-bailable offence. He was not represented by legal counsel. On Dec 24, last year, Zakwan was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or a minimum 30 years in jail and caning upon conviction. He allegedly murdered Nurul Asikin because he reportedly needed money to fund a trip to Cambodia to watch a football match. Members of the public found the 28-year-old's decomposed body in a ditch at Jalan Setia Raja here on Dec 14 last year. The discovery led to the Zakwan's arrest on the same day and he has been under remand since then. Sarawak commissioner of police Datuk Mancha Ata said the accused is believed to have asked for Nurul Asikin's jewellery, namely a gold bracelet and earrings, because he wanted to pawn them.
