3 charged with hacking man to death

IPOH: Three men were charged in the Magistrates’ Court here today with hacking a man to death with a parang last month.

N Avinesh Sarma, 21, S Linggeshwaran, 23, and P Sivaraman, 33, along with two others still at large, were charged with killing Arun Krishnan in a forest near the Ladang Tanjung Rambutan temple on Dec 31.

No plea was recorded.

If convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code, they will face the mandatory death sentence.

​Deputy public prosecutor Fatimah Hannah Abd Wahab prosecuted, while the trio were represented by Shahrul Nizam Mohd Rabi and C Kaladevi.

Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Mohd Darus fixed March 18 for re-mention to allow for the post mortem results and chemical report to be handed over to the prosecution.

On Jan 1, it was a reported that the body of a man with 12 police records, including two linked to murder, was found with slash woulds to his hands and torso in a forest near a temple.