00:00A 39-year-old man arrested for allegedly beating and pushing his wife into a ravine pleaded
00:08not guilty at the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court to charges of criminal intimidation and attempted
00:14murder.
00:15Muhammad Azwan Ahmad claimed trial after the charges were read before Sessions, Judge Rohaida
00:22Ishaq on Friday.
00:25For the first charge, the father of five was accused of criminal intimidation by making
00:29death threats against his 32-year-old wife, Nordiana Ahmad, in a vehicle while travelling
00:35along the North-South Expressway towards Kuala Kangsar on the night of July 26.
00:41The offence under Section 506 of the Penal Code carries a penalty of up to seven years
00:46in prison or a fine or both upon conviction.
00:50For the second charge, Azwan was accused of attempting to murder Nordiana, causing
00:55her injury at the roadside near kilometre 31.2 of the East-West Highway on the Garik
01:01Jelly Route between 4am and 5am on July 27.
01:06The offence under Section 307 of the Penal Code carries a penalty of up to 20 years in
01:12prison if convicted.
01:14The court denied bail and set September 19 for next mention of the case and for the appointment
01:20of a lawyer.
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