Bangladeshi cook charged for killing mental health patient in Malaysia

A Bangladeshi cook was charged in the magistrate's court of Malaysia's Kuala Kubu Bharu town yesterday with the murder of a male resident of a mental health care centre in Bukit Beruntung, in December last year.

Mohammad Abdul Alim, 33, was charged with killing Leong Kam Ming, 52, at the mental health care centre, Jalan Cempaka 2 around 6.30pm on December 24, 2022.

The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Malaysian Penal Code which provides for the death penalty if convicted.

Mohammad nodded in understanding after the charges were read to him before Judge Siti Fatimah Talib, but no confession was recorded because murder cases are under the purview of the Malaysian High Court.

Also, in the same court, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge of entering and being in the country without any valid travel documents.

The charge is made in accordance with Section 6(1)(C) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 Amendment 2002, and can be punished under Section 6(3) of the same law, which provides for a fine of not more than RM10,000 or a maximum imprisonment of five years, or both, and can be whipped not more than six times, if convicted.

The court did not allow the accused to be released on bail, and fixed February 27 for the next hearing.

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