Published: Tuesday November 19, 2013 MYT 10:43:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday November 19, 2013 MYT 4:25:06 PM
Killer guard: Indonesian charged with AmBank officer's murder (Updated)
BY NURBAITI HAMDAN
La Ode Ardi Rasila (centre) has been charged at a Petaling Jaya Magistrate's court with the murder of AmBank officer Norazlita Abdul Talib.
PETALING JAYA: An Indonesian security guard has been charged at a Magistrate's court here with the murder of AmBank officer Norazita Abdul Talib.
La Ode Ardi Rasila, 36, was accused of murdering Norazita at an AmBank branch in USJ Sentral, Subang Jaya between 6pm and 6.30pm on Oct 23.
He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code and faces the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
La Ode also faces a second charge of committing the scheduled offence of robbery and allegedly fired a shot from a pump gun with the intention to kill Norazita, an offence under Section 3 of the Firearms Act 1971.
The section provides the mandatory death sentence upon conviction, even if no injury was inflicted.
The accused nodded his head when asked if he understood the charges against him.
No plea was recorded.
Magistrate K. B. Elena Hong Tze Lan ordered for an instant transfer of the case to the Shah Alam High Court after allowing an application by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Azari Harun for a transfer.
The accused was unrepresented.
