Manager and girlfriend charged with murder

The duo were alleged to have abused three year old, Muhammad Aqeef Adam Mohd Imran to death, in an apartment in Bandar Putra, Kulaijaya.

JOHOR BAHRU: A company manager and his girlfriend were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today for the death of his three-year-old son last month.

Mohd Imran Mohd Ramly, 31, and the woman, Norhidayah Mamid, 27, are alleged to have abused Muhammad Aqeef Adam Mohd Imran, resulting in his death, at an apartment in Bandar Putra, Kulaijaya between midnight on Dec 16 and 6.45pm on Dec 19, 2013.

The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

Mohd Imran, from Kampung Paya Renggoh, Johol, Negeri Sembilan, and Norhidayah, from Taman Lagenda Putra, Kulaijaya, Johor, nodded their head after the charge was read.

However, no plea was recorded.

Magistrate Salina Omar then set Feb 5 for mention at the Kulai Magistrate’s Court pending the result of the victim’s post mortem and a report from the Chemistry Department.

Prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Dzul Iswari Mohd Jaafar.