KUALA LUMPUR: A female Chinese national was today (Dec 17) charged at the magistrate's court with murdering her colleague at a shopping mall last month.
Waitress Yang Yahong,34, was accused of murdering cashier Zhang Wei, 49, at 4.30pm at a restaurant in the mall in Cheras here on Nov 29.
The charge was read out to Yang in Mandarin before magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan.
No plea was recorded because murder cases are under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the death penalty or a jail term of 30 to 40 years; and a minimum of 12 lashes upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Syafika Azwa Fikri prosecuted while Yang was unrepresented by a lawyer.
The court set Feb 12, 2025, for mention and for the submission of forensic and post-mortem reports.
On Nov 30, Cheras district police chief Assistant Commissioner Aidil Bolhassan had said Zhang was allegedly stabbed with a knife with four to five wounds on her body.
Seven suspects, who were the victim's colleagues, were probed.