Killing girlfriend: Trial of Indonesian starts
Published on: Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: The trial of a 32-year-old foreigner charged with the murder of his girlfriend in Kundasang, Ranau began at the High Court here, Monday.Indonesian Menase Ladang is accused of murdering one Hamidah Laka, 29, at 1.30pm on Oct 20, 2014 at a vegetable farm in Mesilou.Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Gan Peng Kun in tendering the opening address told Judge Datuk Nurchaya Haji Arshad that the prosecution would prove by direct and circumstantial evidence that it was Menase who caused the death of Hamidah and that he had intended to cause such death.ADVERTISEMENT Gan said the prosecution would lead evidence that on Oct 24, 2014, two men, Lukas Ladang and Kanisius Subang, who were working on their farm at Kg Mesilou, heard a female voice shouting for help and went towards its direction and found a woman crawling there.Lukas recognised the woman as Hamidah and noticed that she had suffered injuries on her lips but did not notice any other injury on her.He asked Hamidah why she was injured and she replied that Menase had stabbed her and run off towards a hill there.Lukas asked Kanisius to help Hamidah while he went after Menase but to no avail. ADVERTISEMENT Kanisius asked Hamidah who had stabbed her and she again said it was Menase.Hamisah was then sent to Ranau Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
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DPP Gan told the court that further evidence will also be adduced that at 2.40pm on the same day, a farm worker one Marwan Ali, managed to stop Menase from fleeing in a vehicle and brought him to the quarters of one Mince Samuel.Further evidence will also be adduced that Menase led the police to discover the murder weapon, a machete, from his quarters, said Gan.A DNA analysis showed that the swab taken from the hilt of the machete contained a mixture of DNA and that DNA belonging to Menase was one of the contributors of the DNA profile, said Gan.He added that the pathologist who conducted a post mortem on Hamidah's body concluded that Hamidah's cause of death was hypovolemic shock due to stab wounds on the chest.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The prosecution would be calling 15 witnesses in the trial.Menase, represented by counsel Mohd Syahirulrazi Mohd Jaini, is facing the death penalty if found guilty under Section 302 of the Penal Code.