Police ushering the 13 teenagers to the Lahad Datu courthouse upon arrival on Thursday (June 27).
KOTA KINABALU: A Lahad Datu Magistrate's Court has fixed July 25 for next mention of a case involving 13 teenagers charged with murdering their 17-year-old collegemate.
The accused, aged 16 to 19, are jointly charged with murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan at Bilik Asrama 7 Resak and 5 Belian, Lahad Datu Vocational College, between 9pm on March 21 and 7.38am the following day.
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They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, which provides for the death penalty, or jail of up to 40 years and no fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
The closed proceedings on Thursday (June 27) were held before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani as the case involves underage offenders.
Seven of the 13 students were represented by lawyers Datuk Ram Singh, Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki, Chen Wen Jye and Amirul Amin Rashid.
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Another teenager was represented by lawyer Abdul Gani Zelika, while the other five were not represented.
On March 22, Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat was found dead in a college dormitory with injuries and bruises on several parts of his body.
Following that, the 13 vocational college students were arrested and remanded.
