Indonesian charged with killing employer
> Worker also pleads not guilty to robbing victim of RM3,000, handphone
SHAH ALAM: An Indonesian worker faced both the magistrate’s and sessions courts here yesterday for robbery and murder charges.
Satria Hidayat, 23, from Madura was charged under Section 392 and 302 of the Penal Code for robbing and murdering his employer at a sawmill in Selayang on Aug 5.
He nodded when both the charges were read before magistrate Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin and sessions court judge Datuk Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain.
Satria, who is an illegal immigrant, pleaded not guilty to the robbery charge but no plea was recorded for the murder charge.
According to the charges, Satria had allegedly murdered Kim Poh, 70, and robbed the woman of her handphone and RM3,000 cash. Both crimes were committed at the Summer Media Sdn Bhd sawmill office in Matang Jaya, Kuang, Selayang between 9am and 10am.
Satria faces the mandatory death penalty under Section 302 of the Penal Code for the murder charge, and a maximum 14-year jail term and a fine or whipping or both for the robbery charge under Section 392 of the Penal Code.
Deputy public prosecutors Amirah Haziqah Zulkifli and Nur Aifaa Che Abdullah prosecuted.
The cases against Satria will be mentioned on Sept 25 and 26.
The magistrate’s court also sentenced Satria to three month’s jail under Section 6(c)(1) of the Immigration Act 969/63, after he pleaded guilty for residing in Malaysia without valid documents.