The New Straits Times
KLANG: A 24-year-old temple worker was charged at the magistrate’s court yesterday with the murder of lawyer Datuk R. Anpalagan.
R. Narayanan, an Indian national, was alleged to have hacked Anpalagan, 58, to death with a parang at the Sri Ramalingeswarari temple at 9.30pm on Monday.
Clad in a yellow T-shirt with blood stains and spotted with bruised eyes, Narayanan nodded indicating that he understood the charge.
No plea was recorded.
Magistrate Nadia Othman fixed July 20 for mention pending a postmortem report.
R. Narayanan, an Indian national, was alleged to have hacked Anpalagan, 58, to death with a parang at the Sri Ramalingeswarari temple at 9.30pm on Monday.
Clad in a yellow T-shirt with blood stains and spotted with bruised eyes, Narayanan nodded indicating that he understood the charge.
No plea was recorded.
Magistrate Nadia Othman fixed July 20 for mention pending a postmortem report.
Deputy public prosecutor Shahrul Ekhsan Hasim prosecuted while the accused was not represented.
It was reported that Narayanan was arrested the next day at an oil palm plantation in Jalan Bukit Kapar.
It was learnt that Anpalagan was murdered over unpaid wages.
Anpalagan was a prominent corporate lawyer specialising in land matters. It was also reported that he sat on the board of several listed companies locally and in Australia.
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