00:00 The magistrate's court in Sungai Besar has dismissed an application by a 20-year-old
00:07 man accused of murdering his pregnant lover to be referred to a psychiatric hospital for
00:12 observation.
00:14 Magistrate Siti Hajar Ali dismissed the application by lawyer Mohamed Noor Tamrin, representing
00:19 Mohamed Fakhrul Ayman Sejali, on grounds that the matter should be decided by the High Court.
00:26 She said the requirements under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code must be complied
00:31 with and dismissing the application at this stage would not prejudice the rights of the
00:35 accused.
00:36 She also said the lawyer can, at any time, make the application before the High Court
00:41 judge who will conduct the trial of this case later.
00:44 The court then set November 7 for mention.
00:47 On June 1, Mohamed Fakhrul was charged with the murder of 21-year-old Nur Anissa Abdul
00:53 Wahab in Jalan Sungai Limau between 8.30pm on May 22 this year and 8am the following
00:59 day.
01:01 The offense under Section 302 of the Penal Code is punishable by the death penalty upon
01:07 conviction.
01:08 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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