SHAH ALAM: A 27-year-old police lance corporal is seeking a reduced charge in the alleged murder of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah, 25, a Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris graduate who was found dead in an oil palm plantation in Hulu Selangor last year.
Defence lawyer, Nur Aida Zainuddin, said she had been instructed by her client, Muhammad Alif Monjani, to submit a representation to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (A-GC).
“The representation, which requests a review of the charge and for the A-GC to consider a lesser offence, was sent on Oct 24.
“The High Court today set Jan 13 next year to hear the decision of the representation,” she said after mention proceedings held before High Court deputy registrar Nadia Othman.
Deputy public prosecutor Maizatul Munirah Abdul Rahman appeared for the prosecution.
Alif, who is currently detained at the Sungai Buloh Prison, was brought into the courtroom at 9.20am and appeared calm throughout the proceedings.
He was first charged with the murder of Nur Farah at the Kuala Kubu Bharu’s magistrate’s court on July 26 last year.
He allegedly committed the offence between 9am on July 10 and 6pm on July 15 at Ladang SKC Keledang in the Hulu Bernamn in Hulu Selangor.
No plea was recorded as murder cases are under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The case was then transferred to the High Court, here, where Alif pleaded not guilty to the charge on May 28.
Nur Farah, who worked at a car rental company, was reported missing after she completed a delivery to a customer in a residential area in Tanjung Malim, Perak around 8am on July 10 last year.
On July 15, her body was found in an oil palm plantation in Felda Gedangsa in Hulu Selangor.
Police’s search for evidence saw the recovery of items believed to have belonged to Nur Farah such as a smartphone, purse, car key at an oil palm plantation in Kampung Sri Keledang, Hulu Bernam and Sungai Trolak, Slim River in Perak.
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