Cradle CEO murder – teens to know next week on bail bid
The Shah Alam High Court today fixed March 27 for a decision on a bail application by two teens accused of the murder of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan.
Judge Abdul Karim Abdul Rahman said the court needed time to go through the arguments by the applicants and prosecution over the bid by the two boys aged 13 and 16.
The Shah Alam High Court today fixed March 27 for a decision on a bail application by two teens accused of the murder of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan (above).
Judge Abdul Karim Abdul Rahman said the court needed time to go through the arguments by the applicants and prosecution over the bid by the two boys aged 13 and 16.
"This is a complex and important case. I need time to go through all parties' arguments," Abdul Karim told the packed courtroom.
On March 12, before the same court, the two boys alongside Nazrin's wife Samirah Muzaffar, 44, a former senior executive at Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), and Indonesian national Eka Wahyu Lestari, who is still at large, were charged with Nazrin's murder.
The killing allegedly occurred at a house in Mutiara Homes in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018, and 4am the following day.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34, provides for the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. The offence is non-bailable.
Earlier, during submission, the teens' lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik argued that bail should be granted to the two accused as they excel academically and in extra-curricular activities and had no disciplinary issues at their school.
He also argued that detention was not proper for the two underaged accused particularly after the younger was alleged to have been sexually harassed at a detention centre for juveniles.
Deputy public prosecutor Jamil Aripin submitted that there were no special circumstances to justify the court granting bail to the two teens accused of murder.
He said the applicants' reliance on the alleged sexual harassment could not be considered as a special circumstance as there were contradictions in the applicant's affidavit that raised the allegation.
On Aug 3 last year, Nazrin's death was reclassified as murder after an investigation by the Fire and Rescue Services Department found traces of petrol at the scene of the fire.
It was initially reported that Nazrin had died in a fire caused by an explosion of his mobile phone.
The Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court had on Oct 1, 2018, allowed the police to exhume Nazrin’s remains for a second postmortem to assist the police investigation into his death.
The second autopsy report stated that Nazrin died from head injuries and not from the cell phone explosion.
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