Murder of e-hailing driver: Another policeman charged in Tawau
11 Apr 2023 05:49pm
Murder of e-hailing driver: Another policeman charged in Tawau
No plea was however recorded from John Kennedy Sanggah, 44, which was read out before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Mohd Yunus, who then set July 7 for mention.
John Kennedy was jointly charged with six other individuals who have been charged, with murdering Nurman Bakaratu, 61, between 7.30 pm and 11.30 pm in a palm oil plantation near Jalan Anjur Juara, Jalan Apas Batu 5, Tawau last Jan 13.
The charge is framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together wiith Section 34 of the same law, which provides the death penalty if convicted.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad, Muhammad Ilmami Ahmad, Low Win Hui and Mohammad Fakhrurazzi Ahmad Salim.
John Kennedy was represented by lawyers Ram Singh, Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki and Chen Wen Jye.
Last Feb 8, John Kennedy along with police officer Usman Lanaga and civilian Shim Vui Nyen were granted court bonds to return as prosecution witnesses, while five other police officers namely Rosdi Rastam, 44, Dennis Enit, 44, Fabian Rungam, 43, Khairul Azman Bakar, 47, Mohd Azlan Sakaran, 39, and civilian Vivien Fabian, 34, were charged in the Tawau Magistrate's Court with killing Nurman.
On the same day, a senior police officer, Datuk Mat Zaki Md Zain, 58, was also charged with conspiring with the six individuals to kill the man.
Meanwhile, at the Magistrate's Court today, Dzul Elmy also set July 7 for mention of Mat Zaki’s case.
In another Magistrate's Court, Magistrate Leona Dominic Mojiliu set July 7 for mention of the case involving the five police officers and a civilian charged with murdering Nurman. - BERNAMA
