IPOH, Jan 29 — The High Court here sentenced today a former general worker of a holiday resort on Pangkor Island to death over the murder of his employer 10 years ago.
Judicial Commissioner Anselm Charlers Fernandis said after hearing the arguments of counsels and witnesses’ testimonies, the court found Hamzah Osman guilty as per the murder charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
“There is only one punishment where you are to be hung to death,” he said as the 28-year-old Hamzah nodded.
Fernandis noted that Hamzah chose to remain silent when he was called to give his defence at the end of the prosecution case.
Earlier, defence counsel S.Kirthiraj, who appeared on behalf of M. Manoharan, said the accused had been committed in jail for eight years.
“I believe he has learned his lesson. He promised to turn over a new leaf and would not commit a similar offence,” he said, urging the court to take into consideration Hamzah’s young age.
A total of 20 witnesses were called by Deputy Public Prosecutor Fadhli Ab Wahab.
Fadhli later told reporters that the Ipoh High Court had on Oct 24 2014 found Hamzah guilty of
murdering assistant manager Norazuda Iden at room No 202, Suria Beach Resort in Teluk Nipah at about 1am on Aug 18, 2008.
“Following an appeal by the accused, the Federal Court had on March 23 last year ordered a retrial,” he said.
“The Federal Court had ruled that the High Court had failed to take into consideration the accused’s state of mind at the time of incident,” he said, adding that the case in High Court was heard from Apr 4 last year.
It was previously reported that the 31-year-old victim, who was also the resort owner’s wife, was five months’ pregnant at the time.
