Trader charged with murdering businessman

KUALA LUMPUR: A trader was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with the death of a businessman, believed to have been shot, at a residential area here last week.

M.Partibekumaran, 37, was charged together with another person still at large with murdering Goh Chok Chuan, 63, at a car park near the Amarin Kiara guard house between 11.40 pm and 11.55 pm last July 11.The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code provides the death penalty if convicted.

No plea was recorded after the charge was read out before Magistrate Wong Chai Sia, as the murder case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court. Prosecuting officer ASP 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 Magistrate's Court for the same offence.

-- BERNAMA