A 51-year-old man was charged in Tampin court for murdering Suri Narudin, whose body was found buried in a bag behind a Rembau house.
TAMPIN: A 51-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of Suri Narudin.
Zainizan Zainal nodded in understanding after the charge was read before Magistrate Mohamad Redza Azhar Rezali.
No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The unrepresented man is accused of murdering Suri, 53, behind a house at Jalan Pedas Linggi, Rembau, between December 7 and 18.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries a death sentence or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years.
If the death sentence is not imposed, the offender shall also be punished with at least 12 strokes of the cane.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Balkis Zunaidi did not offer bail.
The case was adjourned for mention to January 27, pending the forensic and post-mortem reports.
Previously, Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said two men, aged 51 and 41, were detained following the discovery of a body buried behind a house in Rembau.
He was reported as saying the body was believed to be that of a woman missing from Ampang since December 8.
Subsequently, the deceased’s identity was established as Suri, based on a matching fingerprint comparison with records from the National Registration Department.
