20 Pak Su henchmen charged
ALOR STAR: Less than a month after the leader of an underworld gang known as “Geng Pak Su” was brought to court here, 20 of his henchmen were slapped with similar charges yesterday.
The men, aged between 18 and 56, arrived at the Alor Star Court Complex at 9.30am under heavy police guard.
Their family members, who had been waiting outside the Sessions Court since 9am, were heard shouting to the accused to cover their faces when members of the media tried to photograph them.
However, none of the family members were allowed to enter the courtroom.
In the dock were Fairus Hafiz Mohd Yusoff, 24; M. Murugan, 36; Rosli Ariffin, 40; Sariman Idris, 42; Mohd Norhizam Zamzuri, 29; Faizol Sobri Romli, 29; Amirul Ashraf Hussain, 20; Muhamad Ashraf Aziz, 23; Faizal Azlyshah Romli, 33; Aziz Othman, 56, Muhamad Asrun Amir Hussain, 23; Muhammad Luqman Hakim Zainal, 18; Nur Arif Norzaidi, 19; Muhamad Amir Daud, 22; Norhasrul Izwan Noraini, 33; Joni Yakub, 37; Zamzuri Aziz, 22; Shamsol Long, 45; Muhammad Khairul Azhar Ghazali, 21 and Mohamad Rozaidi Sabu, 26.
The men, clad in long pants and T-shirt, were calm when the charges were read.
They were charged with being involved in “Geng Pak Su” under Section 130V (1) of the Penal Code (Act 574), which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years.
Sixteen of them were charged with being members of an organised crime gang between Jan 1, 2015 and Sept 11 this year.
Zamzuri and Shamsol were charged over their involvement between Jan 1, 2015, and Sept 12 this year, while Khairul Azhar and Rozaidi were alleged to be involved from Jan 1, 2015, until Sept 13 this year.
All the accused nodded but no plea was recorded.
Deputy public prosecutor Saiful Edris Zainuddin did not offer bail. Judge Amernudin Ahmad fixed Nov 20 for case mention.
Aziz was represented by counsel G. Ravishankar while the rest was not represented.
On Sept 26, Pak Su, or Johari Ariffin, 35, and his three righthand men — Norazif Ahmad, 37, Shahadan Salim, 38, and Rosidi Aziz, 35 — were charged with being involved in organised crime between Jan 1, 2015, and Aug 30 this year.