FOUR men were charged in the Baling magistrates’ court today with the murder of an elderly man, who was found strangled and his hands and legs bound at his home in Kuala Ketil on October 1.

K. Tamilselvam, 25, C. Vickarran, 33, Sarim Omar, also 33, and S. Sureshkumar, 21, are accused of murdering S. Kanan, 71, at his house in Lorong Bidara 4, Taman Desa Bidara, at about 3pm on October 1.

All of them nodded after the charge, under section 302 of the penal code, was read out to them before Sessions Court judge Najwa Che Mat, who sat as the magistrate, but no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

The court set December 14 for mention submission of forensic and chemistry lab reports.

Deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Ikmal Affandi Zulkifli prosecuted. The accused were unrepresented. – Bernama, October 10, 2023.