Factory worker charged with murder of former wife
PETALING JAYA: A factory worker was charged in the magistrate’s court here yesterday with the murder of his 30-yearold ex-wife, whose body was found wrapped in a blanket and covered with a mattress, in a flat in Prima Damansara, earlier this month.
No plea was recorded from the accused, Zulkifli Joned, 40, who appeared before magistrate Mohamad Ikhwan Mohd Nasir clad in a pink shirt. The case will be heard in the High Court, which has the authority to try murder cases.
Zulkifli was charged with murdering Nor Hidayah Ahmad at the Rampai Idaman flats in Prima Damansara, between 8.53am and 11.20am on Sept 10.
Deputy public prosecutor Amir Hakim Abdul Hamid appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was not represented.
The unbailable offence carries a penalty of death.
The court fixed Nov 4 as the next mention for the case.
On Sept 11, Bernama reported that a body of a woman believed to have been killed, was found by her father at 5.30pm.
Petaling Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zani Che Din had said investigations showed that the victim had died from suffocation.
She was also found to have head injuries caused by a blunt object.