00:00A couple has been charged at the magistrate's court in Sepang over the murder of University
00:07of Cyberjaya student Manisha Preet Kaur Akhara last month. M. Sri Darvian and D. Thinaswary,
00:14both aged 19, appeared before Magistrate Kairatul Anima Jalani on Thursday. Sri Darvian was accused
00:21of murdering 20-year-old Manisha Preet at a condominium in Cyberjaya between 9.11 p.m.
00:28and 11.31 p.m. on June 23. He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code and faces the
00:36death sentence or imprisonment between 30 and 40 years, and liable for whipping if convicted.
00:43Meanwhile, his girlfriend Thinaswary was accused of abetting him in the murder at 12.30 p.m.
00:49at the same place and day. She was charged under Section 109 of the Penal Code,
00:56read together with Section 302 of the same code, and faces the death sentence or imprisonment
01:02between 30 and 40 years he convicted. Both accused said they understood the charges.
01:08However, no plea was recorded as the cases are under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
01:14Deputy Public Prosecutor Raja Zaisul Farida Raja Zaharuddin stated that the prosecution was not
01:20offering bail. Lawyers M. Manoharan and Mohamed Baharuddin Mohamed Arif, representing Darvian
01:26and Thinaswary respectively, sought for the case to be expedited. Manoharan asked the prosecution
01:32to transfer the case to the High Court as soon as possible while Mohamed Baharuddin mentioned
01:37that the case had gone viral. DPP Raja Zaisul, in her reply, said the prosecution required some time
01:44to obtain documents before seeking a case transfer to the High Court. Magistrate Khairatul Anima
01:50then fixed the case for mention on September 11th.
01:53Kami percaya pada 11 September, case ini akan di-transmit ke Mahkamah Tinggi
01:59untuk membolehkan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi yang bijaksana untuk menetapkan tarikh perbicaraan
02:07secepat mungkin untuk mendengar case ini. Bagi case ini untuk diselesaikan secepat mungkin.
02:13Dia kerja apa ya?
02:14Dia odd job setakat hari ini masih tak ada pekerjaan, odd job sekuritakan.
02:20So, tertuduh kedua, dikatakan mereka berdua adalah satu sekolah di Johor Baru.
02:25Mereka datang ke sini untuk tertuduh kedua belajar di sini, dan tertuduh ketamu
02:30kerja di sini?
02:32Kerja di sini.
02:33Dia orang Johor.
02:34Dia orang Johor.
02:35But dia adalah seorang sportsman, very good sportsman.
02:37And I have all his certificates.
02:39He's a very good sportsman, but unfortunately he is charged under section 302.
02:46It's an unfortunate incident.
02:47But we leave it to the, we have capable DPT, Deputy Public Prosecutors in Malaysia,
02:58one of the best in the region.
03:00We have also very learned high court judges, Hakim yang bijaksana di Mahkamah Tinggi,
03:06yang boleh mendengar, semua pihak boleh diberi peluang untuk percakap dan didengar,
03:11dan akan diputuskan dengan baik-baik-baik-baik-baik.
03:15It was previously reported that the victim, a Bachelor of Physiotherapy student,
03:21was found dead in a student's hostel in Saibajaya on June 24.
03:26Manisha Preet, from Kuching, was living with five other students who had returned home
03:31for the holidays on June 21, leaving her alone at the hostel as she was scheduled to sit for an exam.
03:37A post-mortem revealed that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.
03:42Kuching, was living with five other students who had returned home for the holidays on June 23,
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