PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court trial here of Constable V. Navindran who is charged with two counts of causing grievous hurt to car theft suspect A. Kugan turned into a discussion on whether a magistrate could give evidence in court this morning.

The prosecution's 10th witness, magistrate Ho Kwong Chin, who heard Kugan's remand proceedings on Jan 15 last year, started a short debate when he told the court that he wished to invoke Section 121 of the Evidence Act 1950.

KUALA SELANGOR: Three wanted Indonesian robbers who carried home-made firearms and parang, were shot dead in a clash with Selangor serious crime division police early yesterday morning.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed April 9 to hear Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's application to strike out the defence in his RM10mil defamation suit against academician and International Movement for a Just World president Dr Chandra Muzaffar.

Deputy registrar Wan Nursalina Wan Abdullah set for the case to be heard by High Court Judicial Commissioner Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham, in her chambers earlier today.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 46-year-old man charged for sodomising his 11-year-old niece in 2008 will not only have to return behind bars but will be sent to a mental hospital for checks.

This was because the man's stepbrother, Juhidi Mat Amin, 40, today told the Sessions Court today that he wanted a RM10,000 bail to be returned to him, effectively putting the accused, lorry driver Basri Rafie, back in jail.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed April 26 for the hearing of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's application to strike out the defence in his defamation suit against Deputy Plantation, Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin (pic).

During case management in chambers today, deputy Registrar Fatimah Rubi'ah Ali fixed the date before High Court Judicial Commissioner Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham.

KUALA LUMPUR: A police constable pleaded not guilty after he was charged for shooting his fiance at the sessions court today.

T. Kavindran, 30, was charged with attempt to murder by shooting Prema Ganason, 24, with a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver at her home at Block D-10-09 Kg Kerinchi in Pantai Dalam.

The alleged offence occurred at about 9.40pm on March 2. Deputy public prosecutor Charanjit Singh objected to bail as he said the offence was non-bailable.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here today discharged and acquitted former Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusuff (pic) who was charged with three counts of failing to declare ownership of shares and interests in two properties worth more than RM1 million.

PETALING JAYA: Raped for two years — and always on a Tuesday.

Such was the 'duties' a 19-year-old stall helper allegedly had to perform for her 53-year-old employer of three years until she could not stand it anymore.

Last Friday, she lodged a police report on the alleged sexual assaults.

KUALA LUMPUR: A female factory manager lost RM40,000 in cash when she was robbed by armed men incars who escaped after ambushing her near a bank last Friday.

The victim, who only wanted to be known as Ooi, said she went to a bank near her factory in the Bukit Rahman Putra industrial area, Sungai Buloh, with two other workers at 1am on March 5.

"I was apparently tailed when I withdrew RM40,000 from the bank as pay for my workers for Chinese New Year and overtime," she said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are looking into using the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 against five notorious “Jalit Gang” robbers.

Police sources said the five, arrested late last month, were being remanded while investigations continued.

“We are still trying to uncover more cases they may have committed and at the same time, hunt for other members of the gang,” said the source.

Brickfields police said seven other gang members, aged between 27 and 32, were still on the loose.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 35-year-old jobless man pleaded not guilty this afternoon to causing the death of a senior citizen at the sessions court here.

K. Kanagaraja, an ex-construction worker from Perak, was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which caused the death of Low Kim Chuan, 74 at a toddy shop on Jalan Sentul Manis, in Sentul at around 6pm on Feb 21.

It was reported that in the incident, the victim, Low, was sitting at the toddy shop when he got into a tussle with a man.

PETALING JAYA: “He killed my baby because he was jealous... jealous he didn’t have a child of his own,” said grieving father S. Karigalan, 42, as he spoke of the brutal murder of 18-month-old K. Haresvarran.

The boy had been severely beaten, kicked and his liver had burst, causing  his death on Tuesday night.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 43-year-old businessman was found guilty of bribing a police officer in 2005 and sentenced to a year's jail and fined RM50,000 by the Sessions Court here this morning.

Judge Rosbiahanin Arifin also ordered the accused, Wong Soo Keong, to serve another 12 months if the fine is not paid.

Wong was previously charged with bribing a Bukit Aman D7 (Anti-vice, gambling and secret socities division) officer, ASP Rohan Shah Ahmad, at 1.15am at Wisma Indah in Cheras.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today granted an application to strike out a RM100 million defamation suit filed by former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee and Hindraf legal adviser M. Manoharan (pic) against the government and five others.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) this morning set the dates to decide Senator T. Murugiah's (above) case to be the rightful president of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Judge Aziah Ali set April 14 and 23 for decisions over two separate applications that will decide Murugiah's fate.

PETALING JAYA: The numerous wounds inflicted on A. Kugan during his police detention could have "indirectly" led to the suspected car thief's death, the Sessions Court trial here of Constable V. Navindran was told today.

Testifying against Navindran, charged with two counts of causing grevious hurt to Kugan, was Serdang Hospital's forensics department head Dr Abdul Karim Tajudin (pic) who conducted the first post-mortem on Kugan.

PETALING JAYA: The court presiding over the trial of Constable V. Navindran may be visiting the Puchong Jaya police station lock-up, where victim A. Kugan was brought to after his arrest.

PETALING JAYA: An officer of at least the rank of corporal, other than a constable, must be present during the interrogation of a suspect, the Petaling Jaya Sessions court was told today during the fourth day of the trial of Constable V. Navindran.

On Oct 1 last year, Navindran, 28, was charged with two counts of causing grevious hurt to car theft suspect A. Kugan, 22, who was found dead in a police lock-up in Subang Jaya at about 11am on Jan 20, 2009.

KUALA LUMPUR: A planned march by a group of Anwar Ibrahim supporters to the Kuala Lumpur Duta Court complex today failed to occur.