KUALA LUMPUR: A security guard has been charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with murdering a female worker in a secondary school in Cheras.

       Muhamad Yusri Latiff, 35, nodded when the charge was read out to him before magistrate Wong Chai Sia yesterday.

       However, no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

       He is accused of murdering Fong Hsu Kei, 25, in a living skills workshop at SMK Seri Mulia at Taman Mulia Cheras between 1.45am and 5.30pm on March 12, Bernama reported.

       The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the mandatory death penalty on conviction.

       Deputy public prosecutor Phulrani Kaur prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented.

       The court set May 25 for mention pending the post-mortem report.

       On March 12, the media reported that the charred remains of a woman, who worked as a bookstore supervisor, were found at a secondary school in Bandar Tun Razak.