KLANG, June 26 — The Sessions Court has ordered the trial of the case of 20 men for their alleged involvement as members of organised crime group TR Gang to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court.
Judge Ahmad Faizadh Yahaya issued the order after allowing the application submitted by deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Lina Hanini Ismail in accordance with Section 177A (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
“Today’s proceedings are for the mention of the case and obtaining permission, according to the relevant section, for all the accused. Therefore, the prosecution requests that the case be transferred to the High Court, with permission not to receive objections from the defence,” Lina said.
Faizadh, who allowed the application, did not set a date for its mention, as the case is within the High Court’s jurisdiction.
Apart from Lina, the prosecution team was also represented by DPPs Shafiq Hashim and Syafinas Shabudin.
Sixteen of the accused were represented by lawyers Kevin Quah Kai Weng, Sukhdey Singh, Rushilan Guralan, Gurmukh Singh Sandhu, Renuka Krishasamy and Haresh Mahadevan, while the remaining four were unrepresented.
On May 29, 20 individuals were charged in the Sessions Court with participating in an organised crime group, the TR Gang, for the past five years.
They are N. Nithiyan, 39; S. Logan, 32; R. Parthipan, 32; M. Keshava Nair, 30; A. Balamurugan, 40; V.S Wilbert, 46; M. Ramakrishnan, 45; R.E Mohan, 34; M. Thanasekaran, 44; Edward Liew, 49, and S. Manoraj, 28.
Also charged are M. Amaran, 30; S. Hemanathan, 31; K. Thana Seelan, 38; K. Ravishankara, 43; Muhammad Razi Abdullah, 51; G. Deeneskumar, 29; K. Venaigaraj, 32; A. Kogilan, 26, and M. Tineshkumar, 26.
According to the charge sheet, the men allegedly committed the offence at a restaurant in Sungai Janggut, Jeram, Kuala Selangor, between November 2019 and May 2 this year.
The charge is framed under Section 130V(I) of the Penal Code (Act 574), which provides that upon conviction, one shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than five years and not more than twenty years.
— Bernama
