Five prison wardens charged with injuring inmates at Taiping Prison plead not guilty, court sets mention dates.
TAIPING: Five prison officers were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with injuring three inmates at Taiping Prison in separate incidents last January.
All of the accused – Mohd Hairie Jumri, 40; Saiful Azman Mohamad Ibrahim, 44; Ahmad Rizal Razali, 37; Muhamad Mustakhim Abdul Rahim, 40; and Nor Hafiz Izwan Muhammad Jajam, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In the court before Magistrates R. Prabakaran, Mohd Hairie and Saiful Azman are jointly charged with intentionally causing hurt to P. Jason Immanuel, 25, using a baton at Hall B, Taiping Prison, Jalan Taming Sari here, between 3 pm and 4 pm. on Jan 17, 2025.
The charge was brought under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Act, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine, or whipping, or any two of the punishments, upon conviction.
The two prison officers, an Inspector and a sergeant, respectively, were allowed bail of RM4,000 each with two sureties and ordered to report to a nearby police station on the first day of every month pending the disposal of the case.
The court set Sept 7 for mention and the submission of documents.
In the same court, Ahmad Rizal, also a prison inspector, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to V. Naveen Kumar, 32, at the same location between 3 pm and 4.15 pm on the same date.
The charge was brought under Section 323 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, upon conviction.
He was allowed bail of RM3,000 with two sureties. The court set Sept 7 for the submission of documents.
The accused were represented by lawyer Aqmarul Aqil Ismail, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Farihah Adilah Fazial prosecuted.
In the court before Magistrate Ahmad Hamdi Mustafar, Muhamad Mustakhim and Nor Hafiz Izwan were jointly charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, with voluntarily causing hurt to G. Yugarajan, 30, between 3 pm and 4 pm at the same location and date.
Magistrate Ahmad Hamdi allowed them bail of RM2,000 with one surety each and fixed Sept 8 for mention for the submission of documents.
Deputy public prosecutor Nazura Azman prosecuted, while lawyers Amirul Fairuzzeen Jamaluddin and Mohd Aidil Arsad represented Muhamad Mustakhim, and Nor Hafiz Izwan by lawyer Aqmarul Aqil Ismail.
