Due for justice: The trio being escorted by policemen to the Magistrate’s Court in Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star
JOHOR BARU: Three “Gang Atan” members have been charged in a Magistrate’s Court here over home break-ins and robbery cases.
Teo Kiam Hong, 48, Mah Mui Fei, 46, and Liew Seong Khan, 42, pleaded not guilty to all charges that were read to them before magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsuddin.
They were jointly charged under Section 411 of the Penal Code for stealing a TV set from a house on Jalan Mutiara Emas 2/17, Taman Mount Austin, on Dec 11, 2024.
Teo faced four additional charges under Section 411 of the same Act for receiving stolen goods, including gold jewellery, a bag and a set of video games. He was also charged with stealing an identity card, and keeping a stolen car, at the same location and date.
He faced another charge under Section 29(1) of the Minor Offences Act for having a stolen vehicle registration number plate at a restaurant at Jalan Mutiara Emas on Nov 12, 2019.
Teo was also charged under Section 414 for disposing a storage box at a goldsmith shop at Jalan Harmonium on Dec 15, 2024.
As for Mah, he was charged with receiving a stolen identity card at the same house on Jalan Mutiara Emas on Dec 11, 2024, while Liew was accused of disposing stolen gold jewellery at a goldsmith shop on Jalan Kota Tinggi on Dec 14, 2024.
If convicted, they could face a prison sentence of between six months and five years or fines or both for offences under Sections 411 and 414 of the Penal Code.
The cases were handled by deputy public prosecutors Nik Noratini Nik Azman and Siti Aishah Latif.
Hidayah set Feb 14 and 25 for the next mention of the cases and set bail of between RM2,000 and RM6,000 with one surety for each offence.
The trio also faced charges in two separate Sessions Courts for drug offences under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which is a non-bailable offence.
Mah pleaded not guilty when the charge was read before judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail, while Teo and Liew pleaded not guilty before judge Hazeelia Muhammad.
The cases at the Sessions Courts were handled by deputy public prosecutors Lydia Salleh, Nurul Syafiqah Sha’ari and Siti Fatimah Mamu.
The accused were unrepresented.
Ahmad Kamal Arifin set Feb 4 for the next mention for Mah while Hazeelia set Feb 4 for the next mention for Teo and Liew.
