A trader was charged at a magistrate’s court here with the murder of Indonesian maid Muntik Bani, who died after being allegedly abused.Muntik, 36, died in the intensive care unit of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital at 10am on Monday, about a week after being rescued from the house.
She had a wound on her leg, and bruises on her arms and face.
Police rescued her from a toilet in the house after a tip-off. She succumbed to her injuries despite being treated by specialists.
Murugan surrendered himself to the police on the second day Muntik was rescued, and was supposed to be remanded till Nov 4.
A. Murugan, 35, was alleged to have committed the offence between Oct 18 and 20 at No 11, Jalan Dato Yusof Shahbudin 6, Taman Sentosa here.
He remained calm when the charge was read to him in Tamil. No plea was recorded.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup applied for an early mention date and for the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court.
Magistrate Afifah Mamat @ Yusof allowed the case to be transferred and set Nov 3 for mention in the High Court.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code. If convicted, he faces the mandatory death sentence.
A number of laws in Malaysia carry a mandatory death penalty. These include murder under section 302 of the Penal Code (F.M.S. Cap 45), section 57 of the Internal Security Act 1960 for possession of a firearm or part of a firearm and section 39B (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for possession of proscribed drugs above a certain specified quantity i.e. 15 grammes for heroin and 200 grammes for cannabis.
In my opinion, we need death penalty for murder, possession of drugs, possession of a firearm, even though death penalty is inhumane. We need death penalty to create social cohesion, or harmony throughout all people.
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