Lorry attendant charged for murder

PETALING JAYA (10/12/2016): A lorry attendant was charged at the magistrate’s court here with the murder of a jobless man whose decomposed body was found in an abandoned area last week.

S Mathivanan, 32, who was not represented, simply nodded his head to indicate that he understand as the charge was read out to him before magistrate Zaki Asyraf Zubir. 

No plea was recorded. Mathivanan was accused of murdering P Tamil Vanan, 32, at an abandoned area in Telaga Biru, Serdang Lama, Jalan 18/30, Serdang here around midnight on Dec 1. 

His charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death sentence. The court fixed Jan 10 for mention pending post-mortem report. Deputy public prosecutor Saphira Selamat prosecuted.

Retrieved from New Straits Time Online