Woman who allegedly ran amok at PM's office to know her fate on June 19

The Sessions Court here today fixed June 19 for decision in the case of Muhdalena Ahmad who allegedly ran amok with a samurai wielding-man in front of the Prime Minister's office here in July 2012.

Judge Mohamed Kamil Nizam fixed the date after the matter came up before him today in court for the defence and prosecution to make clarification orally with regard to their respective written submissions.

Muhdalena, 29, a graduate of the International Islamic University, is facing four charges under the Penal Code, the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 and the Restricted Area and Prohibited Places Act 1959.

She is accused of criminal intimidation with intent to cause grievous hurt to an auxiliary police personnel, Lance Corporal Ridzuan Megat Ahmad, in the vicinity of Complex B of the Prime Minister 's Department on July 9, 2012.

Muhdalena is also charged with possession of a weapon (sword) at the same place and time.

For the charges under the Restricted Area and Prohibited Places Act, she is alleged to have disobeyed Ridzuan's orders to lay down the sword and for failing to abide by a minister's order to obtain a pass or permit before entering the premises.

For the charge of allegedly committing criminal intimidation under Section 506 of the Penal Code, she could be jailed for up to seven years or a fine, or both upon conviction.

The charge under Section 7 (1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 for possession of a sword carries a jail term of up to two years and a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, upon conviction.

She faces a maximum imprisonment of two years or RM1,000 fine, or both for charges under the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959.

Muhdalena and Khalil Afendi Abd Hamid, 47, were alleged to have run amok at the complex and were shot. Khalil Afendi died due to injuries sustained in the incident.

In the court proceedings today, Muhdalena's counsel M. Visvanathan submitted that the prosecution did not have the right to contradict the two medical reports made by Dr Umi Adzlin Silim, who was the first psychiatrist to treat Muhdalena when she was warded at the Putrajaya Hospital.

The court had allowed the defence's application to admit the two reports as evidence concerning Muhdalena's mental state without Dr Umi Adzlin testifying in the court as a witness as she is currently undergoing training in Melbourne, Australia.

Visvanathan said if Dr. Umi Adzlin's evidence was challenged it would bring a disrepute to medical practitioners.

Meanwhile, deputy public prosecutor Kalmizah Salleh said it was compulsory for Dr Umi Adzlin to appear in court to give evidence and that it was the duty of the defence to bring her to court to testify.

Deputy public prosecutor Nadia Mohd Izhar also submitted that the court cannot only take Dr Umi Adzlin's report as a sole consideration as that would effectively make the doctor taking over the judge's duty in finding whether Muhdalena was insane or not.