New May 26 mention date for Nur Asikin Lan murder case as prosecution awaits forensic report on WhatsApp messages
KUCHING (April 24): The Magistrates' Court here today set May 26 as the new mention date for the case against 23-year-old e-hailing driver Zakwan Mokhtar, who has been charged with the murder of Nurul Asikin Lan.
Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali fixed the date following a request by deputy public prosecutor Jean Siow Chung Hwei, who sought additional time pending the forensic report on the extraction of WhatsApp messages.
Zakwan was placed on further remand at Puncak Borneo Prison until the next mention, as murder is a non-bailable offence.
He was not represented by legal counsel.
On Dec 24, last year, Zakwan was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or a minimum 30 years in jail and caning upon conviction.
He allegedly murdered Nurul Asikin because he reportedly needed money to fund a trip to Cambodia to watch a football match.
Members of the public found the 28-year-old's decomposed body in a ditch at Jalan Setia Raja here on Dec 14 last year.
The discovery led to the Zakwan's arrest on the same day and he has been under remand since then.
Sarawak commissioner of police Datuk Mancha Ata said the accused is believed to have asked for Nurul Asikin's jewellery, namely a gold bracelet and earrings, because he wanted to pawn them.
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