Judicial Commissioner Ab Karim Ab Rahman set the date after hearing submissions by both parties at the end of the defence’s case.
The prosecution was represented by deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, while lawyer Michael KL Chee represented Koong Swee Kwan, 48.
Koong was charged with murdering Hussain, 75, at the car park of the Kuan Yin Temple at No 4, Lorong Ceylon, here between 1.30pm and 2pm on July 29, 2013.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
He was also charged under Section 307 (1) of the Penal Code with attempting to murder Hussain’s wife, Cheong Mei Kuen, 50, at the same place and time and faces imprisonment of up to 20 years if found guilty.
On Dec 14 last year, the Federal Court’s five-man bench, chaired by then Chief Judge of Malaya Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, set aside Koong’s conviction and death sentence for Hussain’s murder and ordered his case to go for a retrial.
Koong was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Sept 5, 2014, for killing Hussain and also sentenced to 18 years’ jail for attempting to murder Hussain’s wife.