KUALA LUMPUR: A trader was charged in the magistrates’ court today with murdering a businessman, believed to have been shot, at a residential area here last week.
M Partibekumaran, 37, and another person still at large were charged with murdering Goh Chok Chuan, 63, at a car park near the Amarin Kiara guard house between 11.40pm and 11.55pm on July 11.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code provides for the death penalty if convicted.
No plea was recorded after the charge was read out before magistrate Wong Chai Sia as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Prosecuting officer Nom Phot Prackdit prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented.
The court set Sept 29 for mention.
Yesterday, two security guards were also charged in the same magistrates’ court with the same offence.