Man charged with murder
PETALING JAYA: A man who surrendered himself at the Damansara police station with his dead girlfriend’s body in tow last week was charged at the magistrate’s court here yesterday with murdering the woman.
M. Gunasegaran, 37, a security guard, was charged with murdering D. Tharani, 35, at the car park of a hypermarket in Kota Damansara at 1.50pm on Feb 5.
No plea was recorded after the charge was read out before magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court. The court fixed April 13 for mention of the case.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Fazeedah Faik prosecuted, while Gunasegaran was unrepresented. Lawyer M. Manoharan held a watching brief for the victim’s family.