KUALA LUMPUR: Two security guards pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to committing mischief by hurling Molotov cocktails at an entertainment club last week.
Accused M. Preemraj and Nor Rahman Sadik, both aged 25, claimed trial after they were jointly charged before judge Hamidah Mohamed Deril.
The charge sheet read that the duo was accused of conspiring, with another who is still at large, to commit mischief by hurling four lit bottles at the club's front door, causing losses of RM3,000.
The offence was committed in front of the club in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng in Dang Wangi at 2.17am on May 9.
The offence under Section 109 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 435 of the same code, carries a maximum jail term of 14 years and a fine, upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Muhairi Mohamed Noh offered RM15,000 bail for each accused.
He also applied for them to report to the nearest police station monthly.
The duo's defence counsel, M.V. Yoges, pleaded for RM5,000 bail for each client.
He said Nor Rahman is married with two children.
"I ask for a lower bail because his family needs him as his wife had just given birth."
He said Preemraj works as a part-time security guard and last year sustained a fractured skull after an accident.
"He has difficulties walking and sitting as he has a huge metal plate on his leg," said the counsel.
Judge Hamidah set bail at RM5,000 with one surety for each accused and allowed the prosecution's additional condition.
The court set June 21 for mention.
Last week, a 45-second closed circuit television camera recording of the incident went viral.
The clip showed four men riding two motorcycles stopping in front of the premises and throwing two Molotov cocktails before fleeing.
Another 42-second viral video shows the premises on fire, with people helping to extinguish the fire.
City police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa did not rule out business rivalry as the main reason of the attack and the six suspects arrested may have been hired by the main culprit.