(Malaysiakini)Family members of Royal Malaysian Air Force sergeant N Tharmendran posted bail today, two days after the High Court in Petaling Jaya reduced his bail from RM150,000 to RM50,000.
Tharmendran (below, right) was released from the Petaling Jaya court complex about noon, having spent six months under remand at the Sungai Buloh prison for failing to post bail.
The High Court also ordered his family to surrender Thamendran's passport as an additional condition for his bail reduction.
Tharmendran was jointly c
harged with company director Rajandran Prasad Kusy over the theft of two F-5E engines at the air movement section of the Subang air force base in December 2007.
If found guilty on charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code, he will up to 10 years in jail and whipping.
Tharmendran also faces another charge of abetment under Section 109 of the Penal Code for allegedly collaborating with senior airman Mohamad Shukri Mohamad Yusop to steal the engines from the Sungai Besi air force base.
Mohamad Shukri was not charged with the theft and is likely to be one of the main prosecution witnesses.
Mother pawns jewellery
Lawyer N Surendran (below), who helped secure Tharmendran's release, said the sergeant's mother had to pawn her jewellery to raise RM20,000 of the bail amount, with relatives chipping in the rest.
He said the delay in posting bail was because the family members had to retrieve Tharmendran's passport from the Sungai Besi air force base.
On Tuesday, Justice Su Geok Yian agreed to reduce the bail on grounds that Tharmendran's application had its merits.
“He is a government servant with a gross salary of RM3,500, (and has) four dependents. With the dependents, he is unlikely to abscond,” said Justice Su.
The court also noted that the accused had to support his aged father and an elderly brother, who is paralysed and has suffered from polio from birth.
It was reported that Tharmendran's father, N Nagarajah, lodged a police report alleging that his son was tortured to confess to the theft of the two missing F5E jet engines, which were later recovered from Uruguay.
Nagarajah also said that the family had considered selling their house in Seremban to raise the bail of RM150,000 initially imposed by the Sessions Court.
Tharmendran (below, right) was released from the Petaling Jaya court complex about noon, having spent six months under remand at the Sungai Buloh prison for failing to post bail.
The High Court also ordered his family to surrender Thamendran's passport as an additional condition for his bail reduction.
Tharmendran was jointly c
harged with company director Rajandran Prasad Kusy over the theft of two F-5E engines at the air movement section of the Subang air force base in December 2007.If found guilty on charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code, he will up to 10 years in jail and whipping.
Tharmendran also faces another charge of abetment under Section 109 of the Penal Code for allegedly collaborating with senior airman Mohamad Shukri Mohamad Yusop to steal the engines from the Sungai Besi air force base.
Mohamad Shukri was not charged with the theft and is likely to be one of the main prosecution witnesses.
Mother pawns jewellery
Lawyer N Surendran (below), who helped secure Tharmendran's release, said the sergeant's mother had to pawn her jewellery to raise RM20,000 of the bail amount, with relatives chipping in the rest.
He said the delay in posting bail was because the family members had to retrieve Tharmendran's passport from the Sungai Besi air force base.
On Tuesday, Justice Su Geok Yian agreed to reduce the bail on grounds that Tharmendran's application had its merits.“He is a government servant with a gross salary of RM3,500, (and has) four dependents. With the dependents, he is unlikely to abscond,” said Justice Su.
The court also noted that the accused had to support his aged father and an elderly brother, who is paralysed and has suffered from polio from birth.
It was reported that Tharmendran's father, N Nagarajah, lodged a police report alleging that his son was tortured to confess to the theft of the two missing F5E jet engines, which were later recovered from Uruguay.
Nagarajah also said that the family had considered selling their house in Seremban to raise the bail of RM150,000 initially imposed by the Sessions Court.
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