The wife of bank officer Noorhisham Mohamad, one of the four victims in the Banting murder case who included cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya, told the High Court in Shah Alam today that she was angry with her husband when he left her and their children for three days to help someone.

Suzana Radin Pangat, 39, said she expressed her anger through an SMS, which read “ Kenapa sanggup nak bantu orang tapi tinggalkan saya dan anak-anak selama tiga hari ” (Why are you willing to help others, but leave me and the children for three days), and sent to Noorhisham’s handphone.

She said the SMS was sent five minutes after Noorhisham telephoned her to inform that he would not be coming home for three days as he wanted to help Sosilawati.

She said it was the last call she received from her husband.

NONE “Noorhisham contacted me about 8pm on Aug 30, 2010, (He) said he wanted to help Datuk Sosilawati. He said Kamal (Kamaruddin Shamsuddin), Sosilawati’s driver, threatened Sosilawati ( right ) because there was a photograph to be circulated, so he and Kamil (lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim) had to help Sosilawati.

“He told me to understand the situation and apologised and that he would tell me what happened when he comes back in three days.

“After that, I asked his where he was and where would he break his fast, but he did not respond and cut the line,” she added.

At this juncture, Suzana, who is the eighth prosecution witness, broke down and had to be given time to calm down.

NONE Suzana is testifying on the second day trial of a former lawyer, N Pathmanabhan ( left ) and three plantation workers, T Thilaiyagan, R Matan and R Khatavarayan, who are charged with murdering Sosilawati, 47, Noorhisham, 38, Ahmad Kamil, 32, and Kamaruddin, 44, at Lot 2001, Jalan Tanjung Layang, Tanjung Sepat, Banting, on Aug 30 last year.

Pathmanabhan, 42, Thilaiyagan, 20, Matan, 21, and Khatavarayan, 31, are charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

Asked by deputy public prosecutor Ishak Mohd Yusoff the reason she did not contact Noorhisham, but only sent the SMS, Suzana, a personal assistant at CIMB, said she was angry.

When Ishak asked whether Noorhisham contacted her again after that, she said he did, but she did not answer the call.

Last saw her husband on Aug 30

Earlier, Suzana told the court that the last time she saw her husband was when he sent her to her office about 8am on Aug 30, 2010. The couple married in 1995.

“He told me that in the afternoon he would go to Banting with Ahmad Kamil for some matters regarding Datuk Sosilawati's dealings. At about 4pm the same day, my husband contacted me at the office to say that he was going with Ahmad Kamil to Banting and they went in Ahmad Kamil's car,” she said when Ishak asked whether Noorhisham had told her about what he was going to do on that day.

The hearing before judge Akhtar Tahir continues in the afternoon.

- Bernama