KULAI: Four people have been charged at the Magistrate's Court here for allegedly causing the death of a man who was their friend on Aug 16.

       No plea was recorded from Mohd Hafize Mohamad Kassim, 36; Noorhaszieda Hasan, 32; Awalludin Abdul Hamid, 54; and Tan Wei Cong, 25; after the murder charge was read to them in front of Magistrate Sharifah Maleeha Syed Hussin on Thursday (Aug 26).

       According to the charge sheet, the accused, with common intention, had caused the death of a 46-year-old man at a house in Jalan Tan Yok Fong 25, here, between 7am and 9.45pm on Aug 16.

       The act is an offence under Section 302 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code which carries the death sentence if convicted.

       The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Edelynn Wong while the four accused were not represented.

       The court then set October 5 for the mention of the case while waiting for the post-mortem report.

       Earlier, it was reported that a 46-year-old man was beaten up by the public for allegedly trying to break into a house of a woman in Jalan Tan Yok Fong 25.

       Kulai OCPD Supt Tok Beng Yeow said the police received a distress call from the 31-year-old woman at about 8.30am on Aug 16, claiming that a man had tried to enter her house.

       The woman claimed that she was sleeping and noticed that the man had tried to break into her house.

       “The victim then called her friend to come over and a fight then broke out between the two. However, upon further investigation, the woman said that the victim was beaten due to debt issues,” he said.