00:00A shocking case out of Al-Ostar where a 29-year-old factory worker has been charged with murdering his mother.
00:09Amirul Shafiq Shamshul Zahari appeared at the magistrate's court on Wednesday,
00:14where he nodded in acknowledgement as the murder charge was read before Magistrate Eliana Ismail.
00:20He was accused of killing 52-year-old Zahrulayl Basir, a bank executive,
00:25at their home in Taman Sultan Abdul Halim on February 2nd.
00:30The alleged crime occurred between 3.15am and 8am.
00:34The victim was found dead with stab wounds to her abdomen, head and palms.
00:39Amirul Shafiq was detained while on a bus heading towards Selangor on the night of the incident.
00:45No plea was recorded, as the case falls under High Court jurisdiction.
00:49The offence falls under Section 302 of the Penal Code,
00:54which carries either the death penalty or imprisonment between 30 and 40 years,
00:58plus whipping of at least 12 strokes.
01:02The court set May 11th as the next mention date, pending post-mortem and forensic reports.
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