KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- A former restaurant waitress, a Chinese national, pleaded not guilty in the High Court here today to murdering her female fellow national by stabbing her multiple times at a restaurant in a shopping mall in Cheras two years ago.
Yang Yahong, 36, made the plea after the charge was read before Judge Datuk Aslam Zainuddin.
The woman was accused of murdering her colleague, cashier Zhang Wei, 34, at 4.30 pm on Nov 29, 2024.
She was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides for the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and is also liable to not less than 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Faridah Nurdinie Bahrum appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was unrepresented.
In the same court, a local man pleaded not guilty to a charge of trafficking 7,707.8 grams of Methamphetamine last year.
Kong Mung Kean, 33, was accused of trafficking the drugs in a shopping mall parking lot on Jalan Klang Lama here at 5.40 pm on July 24, 2025.
He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment, and if not sentenced to death, a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by DPP Faridah Nurdinie, while Kong was represented by lawyer Evie Melynda Jee.
The court set July 16 as the next mention date for both cases.
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