Six army personnel acquitted and discharged of killing workmate

KOTA KINABALU (Apr 15): A High Court here on Tuesday freed six army personnel who were jointly charged with killing their 26-year-old workmate. In his reserved decision, Justice Datuk Ismail Brahim acquitted and discharged Mohamad Zaki Gusam, 31, Mohd Farhan Mohd Fudzi, 33, Mohamad Faeszudin Mohamad Jaes, 34, Mohammad Hasrul Faiz Mustaffa, 35, Mohd Borhan [...]The post Six army personnel acquitted and discharged of killing workmate appeared first on Borneo Post Online.

The Kota Kinabalu Court Complex.KOTA KINABALU (Apr 15): A High Court here on Tuesday freed six army personnel who were jointly charged with killing their 26-year-old workmate.In his reserved decision, Justice Datuk Ismail Brahim acquitted and discharged Mohamad Zaki Gusam, 31, Mohd Farhan Mohd Fudzi, 33, Mohamad Faeszudin Mohamad Jaes, 34, Mohammad Hasrul Faiz Mustaffa, 35, Mohd Borhan Zakaria, 36, and Muhammad Nazri Mohd Kahar, 29, without calling for their defence.

The court held that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against all the accused after calling 20 witnesses to testify against them.They allegedly committed the offence under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code.The charge stated that they had allegedly murdered Muhammad Faiz Harun, 26, at Mapan-Mapan Post, Kampung Mapan-Mapan in Pitas between 1am and 2.

30am on March 22, 2020.Mohamad Zaki, Mohd Farhan and Mohammad Hasrul were represented by counsel Hamid Ismail while the other four accused were defended by counsel Datuk Ram Singh and Prem Elmer Ganasan.The post Six army personnel acquitted and discharged of killing workmate appeared first on Borneo Post Online.

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