Hit and run: Senior cop pleads not guilty to student's murder
A senior police officer has pleaded not guilty in the Ipoh High Court today to a charge of murdering a Form Five student in a road crash near a school last year.
Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak, 46, was charged with murdering Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, 17, at Jalan Taman Jati 1, near Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Jati, Ipoh, between 12.05pm and 12.40pm on Dec 15, 2023.
The charge was framed under...
A senior police officer has pleaded not guilty in the Ipoh High Court today to a charge of murdering a Form Five student in a road crash near a school last year.
Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak, 46, was charged with murdering Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, 17, at Jalan Taman Jati 1, near Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Jati, Ipoh, between 12.05pm and 12.40pm on Dec 15, 2023.
The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides a death sentence or imprisonment for a minimum of 30 years or a maximum of 40 years and if not sentenced to death must be whipped with not less than 12 lashes.
Nazri is accused of ramming his car into Zaharif, who was riding a motorcycle and dragged him for some distance at Jalan Taman Jati near SMK Jati.
Zaharif died at the scene due to severe injuries to his chest and abdomen.
The accused reportedly fled the scene and was later arrested.
Trial starts in November
Judge Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet set the hearing for 30 days, from Nov 4 to Jan 17 next year.
He also set July 1 for mention for the submission of documents.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz informed the court that the prosecution needed one month to submit the documents and would call 60 witnesses to testify.
“The prosecution needs time to finalise the list of witnesses and documents to hand over to the lawyer. We need to examine the documents because this case involves 60 witnesses and experts," he said.
Afzainizam is assisted by deputy public prosecutors Saiful Akmal Mod Said and Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani.
Lawyer Jacky Loi Yap Loong, assisted by lawyers Lim Chi Chau and M Kuhan, representing Nazri, told the court that they had filed a notice regarding the bail application for their client.
However, the prosecution said they did not receive an affidavit regarding the notice.
Bhupindar ordered both parties to settle the exchange of affidavits before he decided on the bail application.
Also present were lawyers Yasmin Khalid and Amira Najwafitri Amir Arif, who were holding a watching brief for the victim's family.
- Bernama
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