SEPANG, Aug 11 — A 41-year-old man was charged with the murder of his wife this morning at the Sepang Magistrate’s Court.
Mohd Hairil Izzuan A. Samad, clad in all black, appeared to break down momentarily when his charge was read to him by the court interpreter.
The interpreter then had to ask Mohd Hairil Izzuan three times whether he understood the charge before he nodded in acknowledgement. No plea was recorded.
He is accused of murdering 40-year-old Maizatulnisa Othman, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, between 11am on July 29 and 1am on July 30 at the Cyber Valley Park lake, on Jalan Persiaran Sepang, in Cyberjaya, Selangor.
A murder charge under Section 302 carries with it the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
When fixing a date for case mention, the accused, who was unrepresented, asked the interpreter for time to obtain a lawyer, upon which the court was told that his family will be informed of his need for a legal representative.
This was after Judge Ayuni Izzaty Sulaiman had asked Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Faraheen Yahya if the accused’s family members had been informed of today’s charging.
Nurul Faraheen replied in the affirmative, adding the investigating officer of the case would be instructed to keep Mohd Hairil Izzuan’s family abreast of the latest court dates, and for them to engage the services of a lawyer.
Ayuni Izzaty then set September 14 as the next case mention date, without fixing bail, and pending the complete post-mortem report.
Before proceedings began, Mohd Hairil Izzuan was seen slouched over in the dock where he could be heard sobbing, before composing himself just as the magistrate entered the courtroom.
He arrived at the Sepang Court Complex at 9am, cuffed and escorted by at least four policemen.
He was brought into the courtroom, had his charge read to him and was then escorted out by officers all within the space of 12 minutes.
On August 2, it was reported that a Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia lecturer was discovered dead in her car by her husband and daughter. Compression to the neck was later revealed as her cause of death.
