Shah Alam man faces murder charge for bludgeoning wife to death

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A man who allegedly beat his wife to death with a dumbbell has been charged with murder.  Izzat Saat, 38, nodded after the charge was read out to him in a Magistrate's Court in Shah Alam on Thursday (Dec 21), but no plea was recorded as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/3yha7a4x  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A 38-year-old man who allegedly beat his wife to death with a dumbbell out of jealousy has

00:05 been charged with murder.

00:07 Ezad Sa'ad nodded after the charge was read out to him in a Shah Alam magistrate's court

00:12 on Thursday.

00:14 No plea was recorded, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the high court.

00:18 He was accused of killing Nurul Quraisha Zulkafli, age 33, in a house at Section 32 in Shah Alam

00:26 between 10.30 p.m. on December 14 and 10.30 a.m. on December 15.

00:32 The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code provides for the death sentence or imprisonment

00:38 of up to 40 years and no fewer than 12 lashes upon conviction.

00:44 The court set February 19 for mention for submission of the post-mortem and forensic

00:49 reports.

00:50 According to police, the couple had gotten married last April and the accused, who is

00:55 self-employed, has two prior offenses related to assault and drugs.

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