An Al-Ma'unah member today narrated to the Kuala Lumpur High Court the killing of ranger Mattew Medan at the group's hideout in Bukit Jenalik, Perak, while another told of his role in launching grenade attacks at two breweries and a Hindu temple.
Muhamad Nukhshah Bandi Che Mansor told the court that he saw defendant Jemari Jusoh shooting Mattew from behind on orders of group leader Mohd Amin Mohd Razali on July 4 last year.
Earlier in the day, another gang member, Shahidi Ali, testified that he and two others left Bukit Jenalik on the orders of Mohd Amin on July 2 last year to launch grenade attacks on the Carlsberg brewery in Shah Alam, Guiness-Anchor brewery in Sungai Way and Batu Caves Hindu temple, all near Kuala Lumpur.
Nukhshah and Shahidi turned prosecution witnesses after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of collecting arms and men in preparation to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Arms heist
They were both originally charged along with 27 other gang members for waging war or abetting to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong which carries the sentence of death or life imprisonment and a fine if found guilty. ([#1] Twenty-nine Al-Ma'unah members claim trial [/#], Aug 9)
They are alleged to have committed the offence between June and July 6, last year, at Pos 2, Km 19, Kuala Rui, Jalanraya Timur-Barat, Grik; Batalion 304, Infantri (AW), Kem Grik, Grik; and in Bukit Jenalik, Sauk, all in Perak.
They are alleged to have carried an arms heist from two military camps by duping the soldiers at the camps that they were there to conduct an arms inspection in the early hours of July 2. They had then holed up at Bukit Jenalik until their surrender on July 6.
Subsequently, 10 accused persons, including today's two witnesses, were offered the alternative charge and they were sentenced to 10 years' jail each by justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin after they had pleaded guilty last Dec 4 and on Jan 17 this year.
Slain soldier
Nukhshah said that Mattew was captured by the group members at Bukit Jenalik and brought before Mohd Amin for questioning.
"I was about 15ft away from Mattew and saw clearly what happened," he said.
He added that Mohd Amin asked Mattew the strength of the security forces which had cordoned off the entire area, to which Mattew had replied that he knew nothing about that matter.
Nukhshah said he then heard some gun shots being fired and saw blood oozing out of Mattew's leg.
"He told Mohd Amin that he was alone and that he was lost in the woods," said Nukhshah, adding that unhappy with Mattew's answers, Mohd Amin then ordered Jemari to shoot Mattew.
"Mattew was shot from behind and he fell down, cringing in pain and he died immediately," he added.
Grenade attacks
Shahidi told the court that Mohd Amin ordered him, Khairul Anuar Mohd Ariffin and another person named Roslan to head towards Kuala Lumpur to attack the targeted buildings.
Khairul was one of the accused persons who had pleaded guilty to the alternative charge while Shahidi said Roslan was still at large, a fact which was confirmed by the prosecution.
"We left Bukit Jenalik at about 2pm on July 2 last year. We carried with us a grenade launcher and on our arrival there, we went to the Al-Ma'unah headquarters in Kelang to rest," said Shahidi.
He said that at about 11.30pm the same night, they went to the Carlsberg brewery to launch a grenade but their launcher did not function.
"We went back to Kelang to rectify the problems with the launcher and at about 4am (July 3), the three of us, accompanied by another person, returned to the Carlsberg brewery," he said.
Power supply hit
Shahidi said that the first grenade launched by Roslan from their car into the brewery did not explode but the second grenade managed to cut the power supply in the brewery.
He added that they then went to the Guiness-Anchor brewery where the single grenade launched by Roslan into the brewery did not explode.
"After that we went back to Kelang and put up in a hotel."
He said that later at about 11.30pm on the same day, he, Roslan and two others had driven to the Batu Caves Hindu temple and had launched three grenades at the temple.
"After Roslan had fired the grenades, I heard three loud explosions in the temple vicinity," he said.
Shahidi said that they then drove to Bukit Jenalik to join the rest of the gang members.
"When we arrived at Bukit Jenalik, we saw the place surrounded by security personnel so we drove instead to Taiping, Perak," he said.
Shahidi said he and Roslan then went to Sungai Petani, Kedah, while the other two returned to Kuala Lumpur. He said that he was arrested by the police in Paka, Terengganu, on July 6.
The hearing continues on Monday.
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