Boy's death: Teens ordered to enter defence on initial murder charge

The Court of Appeal today directed two teenagers to enter their defence on the initial murder charge they faced for the killing of seven-year-old Mohammad Aimin Nurul Amin at a tahfiz centre nearly five years ago.

The three-judge panel led by judge Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim did so after allowing the prosecution’s appeal to overturn a High Court decision to amend the initial murder charge to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

On March 6 last year, the High Court amended the...