KOTA BHARU, April 30 — A mentally disabled man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his father last week.

Mohd Azwan Muhammad, 41, was charged with murdering Muhammad Ishak, 83, at a house in Kampung Baung Bayam here at 10.30 am on April 20 under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or a maximum prison term of 40 years and not less than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Nadzir Abdullah said the post-mortem report had not yet been received and asked for the man to be sent to undergo a psychiatric assessment.

Magistrate Rais Imran Hamid ordered the accused, who is represented by lawyers Tengku Shazuan Tengku Shariffudin and Ahmad Nizam Mohamed, to be sent to Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak, for a psychiatric assessment under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The court fixed June 30 for mention.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat was quoted as saying that preliminary investigations found that the suspect, who has been confirmed to suffer from schizophrenia, punched his father after he was reprimanded for relieving himself. — Bernama

KOTA BHARU, April 28 — Police will submit the investigation paper (IP) involving Melor assemblyman Wan Rohimi Wan Daud to the Deputy Public Prosecutor in the near future after his statement was recorded yesterday.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said Wan Rohimi gave good cooperation throughout the statement-recording process conducted at the Kota Bharu district police headquarters (IPD).

He said the statements obtained so far are satisfactory and will form part of the investigation before being referred to the prosecution.

“Wan Rohimi attended the Kota Bharu IPD yesterday to give his statement regarding the issue linked to him.

“The police are also expected to call other witnesses who were present when he delivered a brief speech at the event, if necessary,” he told Bernama today.

Last Sunday, police opened an investigation into a viral video on social media showing a man mocking police officers on duty at a roadblock during a motorcycle convoy. — Bernama