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'RM1m to settle murder case'
©The
Star (Used by permission)
by Christina Tan
KLANG: The murder of Chinese teenager Xu Jian Huang had sensational elements – a
tycoon charged with and then acquitted of killing the boy, missing witnesses and
even pictures taken on a handphone camera tendered as evidence.
On Wednesday, the case took a twist when a 57-year-old Chinese community leader
was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for asking a RM1mil bribe to
help settle a civil suit filed by Jian Huang’s family.
It is learnt that the man, who is a businessman and well-known figure in Klang,
was arrested by ACA officers at a club in Jalan Kapar at 4pm on Wednesday after
receiving a RM500,000 cheque from another man.
He is said to have asked for RM1mil to “settle” the wrongful death suit against
businessman Koh Kim Teck who, together with his two bodyguards, were charged
with and later acquitted of Jian Huang’s murder.
The community leader, who was one of those instrumental in helping Jian Huang’s
father Xu Jing Lai seek justice, was taken to a magistrate’s court yesterday and
remanded until May 20.
The man’s lawyer Gerard Lazarus said he had requested the court to allow his
client, who is suffering from heart problems and gastritis, to receive medical
treatment.
Koh and his two bodyguards were accused of murdering Jian Huang at a bungalow in
Jalan Mengkuang, off Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, between 11pm on Sept 26, 2004
and 3.30pm the next day.
The case gripped the imagination of Malaysians, as the hearing was front-paged
by most newspapers daily during the trial.
Last year, the prosecution appealed against the acquittal of the businessman.
Koh never attended hearing and his lawyer had tendered a medical certificate
from a hospital in China stating that he was hospitalised.
When Chinese dailies went to the hospital, they found that Koh was never
admitted and no such certificate was issued.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers is trying to get a warrant of arrest against Koh,
whose whereabouts in unknown.
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