2007 06: 4 men, youth charged with murder

NST online. Local News. 9/06/07

Rita Jong

KLANG: Four men and a juvenile were charged in the magistrate’s court yesterday with the murder of a photographer in Banting two months ago.

G. Satiaraj, Mohd Prabu Abdullah, R. Gunasegaran, M. Sattian, aged between 19 and 24, and a 17-year-old youth, were alleged to have murdered G. Nethyananthan, 25, also a wedding planner, at the Taman Sungai Kapar Indah water tank here.

The alleged offence was committed between 8.38pm on April 26 and 5.50pm on May 2.

Magistrate Mujib Saroji transferred the case to the Shah Alam High Court and fixed June 29 for mention.

Satiaraj was represented by counsel Gerard Lazarus, while the other four were not represented.

Satiaraj, Mohd Prabu and the juvenile were also slapped with another charge of raping Nethyananthan’s girlfriend.

They claimed trial to raping the 21-year-old sales promoter on top of the water tank in Sungai Kapar Indah, between 12.01 am and 6am on April 27.

Sessions Court judge M. Gunalan denied bail and fixed Jan 23 to 25 for trial.

Deputy public prosecutor Azmeer Mohd Sardi prosecuted both cases. It was reported last month that Nethyananthan was found buried with slash wounds on the body.

Nethyananthan and his girlfriend were reported missing on April 26 after they went to meet several clients on a business matter.

They were believed to have been abducted and bundled into two cars after they reached the meeting spot in Jalan Tengku Kelana, Klang.