LIBYAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
He allegedly caused woman’s death in hit-and-run case
ALIBYAN student was charged at the magistrate’s court here yesterday with causing the death of a Telekom Malaysia Bhd Unifi employee in a hit-and-run incident in Cyberjaya.
Ahmed Abdullah Ali, 24, was charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
He was charged with causing the death of Wan Amirah Wan Alias, 31, at 7.35pm on Oct 17 at Shaftsbury Square in Cyberjaya.
Ahmed, a final-year student at an international university, nodded after the charge was read out before magistrate Yusna Khadijah Md Yusop, but no charge was recorded.
The court set Dec 7 for mention pending reports on the victim’s post-mortem and closed-circuit television camera recording, as well as from the chemist.
Deputy public prosecutor Aziat Afrizan Alias prosecuted.
At the Sessions Court here, Ahmed was charged under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with self-administration of drug and read together with Section 38B of the same act.
The charge was for administering to himself the drug 11-NorDelta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-9Carboxylic Acid on Oct 19.
He was charged under Section 326 of the Penal Code with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to foreign student Basel Giumaa El Maarfi, 20, with a long knife at Hyve Soho Suites at 4.45am in Cyberjaya on Aug 30.
Ahmed pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Judge Harith Shan Mohamed Yasin did not allow him bail and fixed Dec 7 for mention.
Ahmed was respresented by lawyers Mohd Redzuan Mohamed Yusoff, Nur Siti Fairuz Roslan and Dinesh Muthal in both courts.