KLANG, April 8 — A married couple suspected of supplying guns to an Israeli man who was arrested last month were charged in the Sessions Court today with committing firearms offences.
Abdul Azim Mohd Yasin, 43, and his wife Sharifah Faraha Syed Husin, 41, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out separately before Judge Sharifah Hascindie Syed Omar.
Sharifah Faraha is charged with unlawful possession of a CZ 75 P-01 CAL.9 LUGER pistol at a house in Kampung Bukit Belimbing, Kuala Selangor, at 8pm on March 29 this year.
The charge, under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, provides for a maximum jail term of 14 years and at least six strokes of whipping on conviction.
Abdul Azim is alleged to have consorted with her in the knowledge that she was in unlawful possession of a firearm at the same location, date, and time.
Under Section 9 of the same Act, the charge is punishable with the same penalties as unlawful possession of firearms.
Deputy public prosecutors Mohammad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad Salim and Fazeedah Faik did not offer bail because offences under the Act are not bailable.
The couple were not represented by lawyers. The court fixed June 11 this year for mention.
On March 29, the couple were arrested at the Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Selangor on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms.
Police said they were suspected of supplying six pistols to the Israeli man, who was arrested at a hotel along Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, two days earlier.
— Bernama
