Bangladeshi charged with murder of Indonesian woman at Puchong budget hotel

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A Bangladeshi construction worker was charged at the Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court with the murder of an Indonesian woman, who was found dead in a budget hotel room in Puchong two weeks ago.  MD Shimul Babu, 23, nodded in understanding after the charge was read before Magistrate Amira Sariaty Zainal  on Tuesday (Jan 14).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Bangladeshi construction worker was charged with the murder of an Indonesian woman

00:04who was found dead in a budget hotel room two weeks ago.

00:08MD Shimul Babu nodded in understanding after the charge was read

00:12before Magistrate Amira Sariati Zainal.

00:15However, no plea was recorded as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

00:20According to the charge sheet, Shimul allegedly killed 39-year-old Nurhayati,

00:25who worked as a cleaner in a hotel room in Taman Mawar, Puchong,

00:29at 10.12pm on December 31st last year.

00:32He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code,

00:36which carries the death penalty upon conviction.

00:39The 23-year-old was also charged with entering Malaysia without valid travel documents

00:45at the Serdang District Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Office

00:50at 4.30pm on January 3rd.

00:53He pleaded not guilty to the charge which falls under Section 6,

00:56subsection 1C of the Immigration Act,

00:59and provides for a fine not exceeding 10,000 ringgit

01:02or a jail term of up to five years or both, and whipping.

01:06During proceedings, Deputy Public Prosecutor Nadia Malik Fauzi

01:11did not offer bail for both charges.

01:13The court then set March 14th for next mention of the case.

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