01-07-2025
Intellectually disabled teen charged with murder
Tuan Izmal Firdaus Tuan Muda was charged in the magistrates' court in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, under Section 302 of the Penal Code. (Bernama pic)
TANAH MERAH : A teenager with intellectual disability was charged in the magistrates' court here today with the murder of a senior citizen.
Tuan Izmal Firdaus Tuan Muda, 18, nodded after the charge was read to him before magistrate Tun Faez Fikhrie. No plea was recorded as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
He was charged with murdering Shamsudin Mohamed, 60, at the side of the road next to a grocery store in Kampung Buluh, Gual Ipoh, here between 6pm and 6.30pm on June 19.
The charge, framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides for the death penalty or imprisonment of not less than 30 to 40 years and a minimum whipping of 12 strokes, upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Siti Hajar Mazlan while the accused was unrepresented.
The court set Sept 2 for mention of the case.
