By Dorcas Ting
KUCHING, March 3: High Court Judge Azhahari Kamal Ramli has fixed April 6 for the re-mention of 4-year-old Eric Chang’s murder case pending the submission of the forensic report.
The caretaker of the deceased Eric, Wendy Chai Xue Zhen, 37 and her husband Ling Kok Liang, 51, were brought before Judge Azhahari to be charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same Code.
However, deputy public prosecutor Kong Siew Chuo applied for a re-mention date for the case pending the forensic report.
The case was first mentioned at the High Court here today.
Judge Azhahari then fixed April 4 for the re-mention of the case and will appoint assigned counsels for both Chai and Ling.
Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder read together with Section 34 of the same Code, carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
They were charged for allegedly murdering the 4-year-old infant at their house in Taman Riverview between March 4, 2022 at about 5pm and March 7 at about 9.15am.
Both the accused and the parents of Chang were arrested by the police on March 11, 2022 to assist in the investigation.
However, both were released after a police investigation and the caretaker and her husband were further detained by the police to further investigate the case and have been under police remand until today.
According to the police investigation, surveillance footage from a restaurant in Muara Tebas showed both suspects carrying a polystyrene box suspected to contain the remains of Chang, before dumping it at Muara Tebas Wharf, at about 9pm on March 6.
The body of the boy has still not been found. — DayakDaily
