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- Four lawyers to represent two Malaysians to be charged in Beirut on Wednesday
- Welding inspector gets 20 years' jail for killing man during gang fight
- DPM: Cabinet awaiting report on KK airport shutdown
| Four lawyers to represent two Malaysians to be charged in Beirut on Wednesday Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:13 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The two Malaysians who were detained in Lebanon for alleged links to an Al-Qaeda militant group will be represented by four lawyers at the Military Tribunal in Beirut on Wednesday. Malaysian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ilango Karuppannan, said the families of Razif Mohd Ariffin, 30, and Muhamad Razin Sharhan Mustafa Kamal, 21, had been informed of the matter. "The families have agreed to pay for the legal fees. We have recommended the best legal representation for them," he said when contacted in Beirut Tuesday. Razif and Mohamad Razin Shahar, who were detained in a Beirut hotel by Lebanese authorities last week, were brought before the military tribunal Monday. However, the judge ordered them to engage counsel before they faced the respective charges. He said the embassy had not been informed in detail about the charge to be brought against Razif and Mohamad Razin Shahar. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Welding inspector gets 20 years' jail for killing man during gang fight Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:56 AM PDT JOHOR BARU: A welding inspector was sentenced to 20 years' jail by a High Court here Tuesday after he was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. S. Deepanraj, 25, was initially charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murdering A. Kavimathan, 27, around 1am in front of the emergency ward building at Hospital Sultanah Aminah here on August 22, 2010. He claimed trial to the charge. The court later offered him an amended charge under Section 304 of the code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder but he also pleaded not guilty to the charge. Deepanraj's lawyer G.K. Sritharan argued that the act was accidental, as Deepanraj had stabbed Kavimathan in a gang fight. Deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad argued that the offence was serious and that a life was lost. High Court judge Datuk Abdul Halim Aman said the court could not accept the argument of the defence as regardless of whether the act was pre-planned or not, a life had been lost. "The court has analysed both arguments from the prosecution and the defence and taken into consideration statements by all the witnesses brought forward. "After careful consideration, the court finds Deepanraj guilty of the offence," he said. Before meting out his decision, the court also heard a victim impact statement from Kavimathan's father K. Ananthasegaran, 50, who told the court that Deepanraj should be given the maximum sentence of 30 years' jail. "My son was the sole breadwinner for our family as I had stopped working due to a heart condition," he said. Abdul Halim later sentenced Deepanraj to 20 years' jail from the date of arrest, Aug 22, 2010. |
| DPM: Cabinet awaiting report on KK airport shutdown Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:47 AM PDT LABUAN: The Cabinet is waiting for a report from the Transport Ministry on the shutdown of runway lights at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) last week. He added that the Cabinet would also look into the delays into the completion of KKIA expansion works that were two years overdue. Muhyiddin also issued an apology to the affected passengers. "We want to get to the root of the problem and find out who is responsible," he said during a visit to the international offshore financial centre (IOFC) after opening an oil and gas seminar here Tuesday. He said the Government would not tolerate a repeat of the situation that caused chaos at Malaysia's second busiest airport. Flight operations at KKIA were halted on Thursday night after the runway lights blacked out and it was only after 10pm on Friday that the problem was rectified. |
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