A 44-year-old unemployed man has been charged with murdering his girlfriend at a Batu Pahat house last month, facing a potential death sentence.
BATU PAHAT: An unemployed man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of his girlfriend late last month.
Lim Chee Seong, 44, nodded in understanding after the charge was read before Magistrate Arun Noval Dass. No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the High Court’s jurisdiction.
He is accused of causing the death of Lim Bee Lan, 41, at a house in Taman Damai between 10 pm on Jan 26 and 11 am the following day.
The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code. It carries the death penalty or a maximum of 40 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Firdaus Ruslan prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented. The court set April 27 for mention, pending several reports.
These include the post-mortem, DNA, CCTV forensic, and the accused’s medical reports. Bail was not allowed.
The woman’s body was found after police raided the rented residence with her family and the house owner. Her family had failed to contact her for three days.
Also found during the raid was the accused, lying critically injured on a bed beside her. He had cut wounds on his neck and wrists.