PORT DICKSON: Two young undocumented Myanmar nationals have been jointly charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of a dragon fruit farm owner.
No plea was recorded from Yan Mai, 19, and Maung Piaw, 20, after the charge was read to them in Bahasa Malaysia before Magistrate V. Vanita.
They were charged with murdering Low Seng Poh, 44, between 12.25am and 2am at his farm in Tanah Merah Site A on Feb 18.
The charge was framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code read with Section 34, which carries the death penalty upon conviction.
The court fixed May 3 for next mention pending submission of the forensics and post-mortem reports.
The victim’s father lodged a report at about 3pm that after he found his son’s body at the farm.
Police found the victim’s hands and legs tied, with injuries on his head and body.
The father was said to have last seen him alive on Feb 17 when he went to the farm.
The deceased is believed to have told his father that he hired a Myanmar national to help him at the farm two weeks ago.
Earlier, the two accused and three fellow countrymen Salai Tin Shwe, 49, Some Meingtun, 43 and Tun Shwe, 20 were charged with entering Malaysia without valid travel documents.
They were charged with committing the offence at the district police station here at around 4pm on March 2.
The five were charged under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, which carries a fine of not more than RM10,000 or jail term of not more than five years or both upon conviction.
The murder accused and Some pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to six months’ jail each.
