TELUK INTAN, 7 May 2026 (The Capital Post) – Four men were charged at the Magistrate’s Court here over the alleged murder of an elderly man using a sharp weapon believed to be a machete in an incident in April.
The accused, S. R. C. Parkash Rao, M. V. Aligeswaran, T. Tiagesan, and K. Shanker, all aged 25, nodded in understanding after the charge was read before Magistrate Naidatul Athirah Azman.
No plea was recorded from all the accused as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
According to the charge, they were jointly accused, along with another individual still at large, of murdering N. Jeyagoby, 70, at a house in Lorong Emas L2/1, Pekan Baru, Hilir Perak district, between 6am and 6.30am on April 17.
The offence falls under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34, which provides the death penalty or imprisonment of up to 40 years and at least 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
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The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Darwis Aghniya Halim Azizi, while all accused were unrepresented.
No bail was offered as the case involves a murder charge. The court set July 13 for mention.
Previously, media reports stated that an elderly man died after being attacked with a sharp weapon in a robbery incident at his home in Pekan Baru. -The Capital Post
