Canny Ong Murder Trial: ‘I saw topless woman in the back seat’
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Canny Ong Murder Trial: ‘I saw topless woman in the back seat’
By Rosnazura Idrus
A former technician who stopped by a road construction site in Jalan
Klang Lama to ease himself in the wee hours of June 14 last year was
greeted by the sight of a topless woman lying on the back seat of a
Proton Tiara, the High Court heard today. Azizan Ismail, 30, who was on
his way to his office in Bukit Lanjan, Damansara, stopped the company
van he was driving on the left side of the road heading to Klang and
went into the barricaded area of the construction site, in the middle of
the road. It was about 1am.
Azizan, who is now unemployed, said after easing himself, he saw the
bluish Proton Tiara while looking for a piece of wood to support the
broken seat of his van.
He said he did not pay much attention to it at first as he thought it
was the security guard's car. However, when he was walking to his van,
he saw someone in the driver's seat about to drive away hastily.
"When I went closer to the car as it was about to be driven away, I saw
a woman lying on the back seat with her head behind the driver's seat,"
he said, demonstrating the woman's position to the court.
"She was topless ...I saw her breasts. That is why I was sure it was a
woman." Questioned by deputy public prosecutor Salehuddin Saidin about
the race of the woman, Azizan said he could not identify her race, but
added that in the dimly lit area he could see that the woman had fair skin.
As for the driver, Azizan said he was sure that it was a man because of
his rough demeanour when trying to drive away and his balding head.
Azizan, however, could not identify his race or the clothes he was wearing.
Asked how long he observed the occupants of the car, Azizan said it was
only for a short while because his attention was focused on the front
right tyre of the car, which was flat.
"When the car was about to leave, I saw the front right tyre was
completely flat, but I let it go because after seeing the topless woman
I assumed they had just beromen (making out)." Azizan was testifying in
the trial of aircraft cleaning supervisor Ahmad Najib Aris, 27, charged
with murdering information technology analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian, 28, at
7th Mile, Jalan Klang Lama, Petaling Jaya between 1am and 5am on June
14. He is also charged with raping her at the same place and time.
The court resumed hearing today after adjourning on Sept 19, last year.
Trial began on Sept 15, last year. Today was the sixth day of hearing.
Azizan said he then continued his journey to the office and was back on
the same road about two hours later. He saw the same car parked by the
roadside, in the direction of Kuala Lumpur, about 100 metres from where
he first saw it.
Without switching off his headlights, Azizan said, he stopped his van
behind the car, thinking that the driver could have parked it there
because of the flat tyre.
But he saw no one in the car and that it was not locked. However, there
was a knapsack with the words "Maybank Yippie Club" written on it and a
Nokia handphone on the front passenger's seat.
He said he took the handphone and knapsack and headed for his wife's
house in Penang.
Azizan said while on his way to Penang, he used the handphone more than
once to call his wife.
He also said he stopped in Ipoh and sold the handphone for RM120, but
kept the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card.
When he reached one of the rest areas along the highway, Azizan said, he
opened the bag and found that it contained various kinds of pens,
cigarettes, a lighter, a large brown paper and a box of condoms.
He said there were two condoms wrapped in aluminium foil and one empty
aluminium foil left in the box.
Azizan said he smoked the cigarettes, threw away the pens and condoms
and kept the brown paper in the van. He also cut out the bag's pocket,
but threw away the knap-sack.
A day later, on his way from Penang to Seremban (where he then stayed),
he stopped at the Sungai Buloh rest area where he sold the SIM card for
RM10 to a motorcyclist, whose motorcycle tyre was punctured, and used
the money to fill up petrol for his van.
Azizan said he did not know the motorcyclist's or the pillion rider's
name, but he recognised them when asked to identify the two in court
today. They were Farizal Shapei and Mohd Yusri Mohd Yusof.
He said a few days after returning from Penang, he called his wife and
was told to contact a policeman by the name of Syed Ismail. When he did
so, he was told to go to the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters, where he
was shown a picture of a Proton Tiara in a newspaper and picture of the
suspect in a rape-cum-murder case involving a Chinese woman.
"When I looked at the picture of the man, I thought I had seen the face
before," he said.
Azizan said when asked to identify the suspect at the Petaling Jaya
police station, he identified the man as the person he saw in the
newspaper and as the man whose balding head he saw in the Proton Tiara
on June 14, last year.
In the court today he pointed to Ahmad Najib, who was sitting in the
dock, as the man he identified at the police station.
Ahmad Najib, who was wearing a long-sleeve chequered shirt, a pair of
black trousers and a white skull cap, took off the skull cap when asked
by Salehuddin and revealed his head.
Ahmad Najib is represented by a team of five lawyers led by Muhammad
Haniff Khatri Abdullah.
Hearing before judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee continues.
© Copyright 2004 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights
reserved.
michael
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>
>Canny Ong Murder Trial: ‘I saw topless woman in the back seat’
>
>By Rosnazura Idrus
>
>
>
>Ahmad Najib, who was wearing a long-sleeve chequered shirt, a pair of
>black trousers and a white skull cap, took off the skull cap when asked
>by Salehuddin and revealed his head.
>
>Ahmad Najib is represented by a team of five lawyers led by Muhammad
>Haniff Khatri Abdullah.
Most people can't even afford a lawyer and yet the former supervisor
is represented
by 5.
regards,
michael ... afn2...@afn.org
fairplay
jay
Mr_Magoo
> >
> >By Rosnazura Idrus
> >
> >
> >
> [deleted]
> >Ahmad Najib, who was wearing a long-sleeve chequered shirt, a pair of
> >black trousers and a white skull cap, took off the skull cap when asked
> >by Salehuddin and revealed his head.
> >
> >Ahmad Najib is represented by a team of five lawyers led by Muhammad
> >Haniff Khatri Abdullah.
> [deleted]
>
> Most people can't even afford a lawyer and yet the former supervisor
> is represented
> by 5.
>
Probably those lawyers just doing it for free as a publicity stunt to
promote themselves?
Rgds,
Mr Magoo
LOTR
amount, not sure how much
adchin
4u2c
news:r52900dq1ceiki4r8...@4ax.com...
The guy who really did it would prefer him dead and close the case.
betaiso
sought the free one, the prosecutor will still appoint a lawyer to represent
you in the court
as for why 5 lawyers, I agree with Mr_Magoo's opinion that those lawyer are
simply doing it for publicity stunt to promote themself, hey.. you don't get
a high profile / high publicity cases everyday..
"adchin" <bmc...@tm.net.my> wrote in message
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Mr_Magoo
> you will always be represented by a lawyer, even if you don't hire or
> sought the free one, the prosecutor will still appoint a lawyer to represent
> you in the court
>
> as for why 5 lawyers, I agree with Mr_Magoo's opinion that those lawyer are
> simply doing it for publicity stunt to promote themself, hey.. you don't get
> a high profile / high publicity cases everyday..
>
The odd is certainly stack against the accuser. So the lawyers are not
under pressure to deliver something miracle.
Rgds,
Mr Magoo
ardeedee
Free legal counsel is only available for capital offences.
"betaiso" <bet...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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zelina june
> >
> >By Rosnazura Idrus
> >
> >
> >
> [deleted]
> >Ahmad Najib, who was wearing a long-sleeve chequered shirt, a pair of
> >black trousers and a white skull cap, took off the skull cap when asked
> >by Salehuddin and revealed his head.
> >
> >Ahmad Najib is represented by a team of five lawyers led by Muhammad
> >Haniff Khatri Abdullah.
> [deleted]
- Yes, it has long puzzled me that the accused has got this team of
lawyers. Who is paying for the defence? Can someone enilighten me? Is
this person or his family rich enough to pay for these lawyers?Is a
sympathetic donor willing to help him out, and if so, WHY??
- Zelina J.
Ahmad Sayuthi
>> >Ahmad Najib is represented by a team of five lawyers led by Muhammad
>> >Haniff Khatri Abdullah.
> - Yes, it has long puzzled me that the accused has got this team of
> lawyers. Who is paying for the defence? Can someone enilighten me? Is
> this person or his family rich enough to pay for these lawyers?Is a
> sympathetic donor willing to help him out, and if so, WHY??
I don't know in detail, so this is just a speculation:
Q. Do you know who the lead counsel? I don't, and I'll bet probably no one
here does either. That means the other four are also unknowns.
Okay, now for some straight talk: The fact that they are unknown doesn't
mean that they aren't good. At the same time, it might also be true that
they are rather new - and hungry... lawyers who are out to make a name for
themselves. "hungry" doesn't mean starving but the desire for recognition.
And there is nothing wrong with that. After all, how many YEARS (decades?)
and celebrated cases did it take for big-names like Karpal Singh to be
established?
And what better way to make a name than to be involved in a high-profile
case where you get a lot of column inches in the papers? It might pay very
little (or maybe even none at all) but these fellows are looking at the
bigger picture. Having a name means people will know you, and they might
choose you when it comes to other `no glamour' (but pays well) legal
affairs later on, specifically in mundane things like conveyancing
(`stupid' and dull things like buying/selling property).
Or choose you for some civil litigation case (like to `saman' someone or
other, with you taking a percentage of the loot besides the legal fees).
Assuming that you're one of the lawyers in a high-profile case, they might
remember the name "zelina june" and have faith in it since they've "read
about you in the papers".
For your information, criminal cases don't really pay for the lawyers,
generally. Yup, even the "gantung sampai mati" ones like the DDA's 39B.
Sure, the lawyers can make a `decent enough' income from these but these
are small change as compared to civil ones and getting involved in
corporate-related affairs. BUT one needs to HAVE A NAME first before
getting to this level...
Does my explanation make sense here? Hope it does. I'm still recovering
from a severe fever and can't really think straight, so if my writing is
a bit shaky, blame it on the virus:)
P/S: Were you from Pasir Mas - that GREAT place in Kelantan which I just
can't ever leave no matter how hard I try?
jay
don't mean to kacau, but, apa le ni. nama prempuan, sure get nice
reply from you on. ;-)
Ahmad Sayuthi
> don't mean to kacau, but, apa le ni. nama prempuan, sure get nice
> reply from you on. ;-)
You mean Pan, Stephen, ignoramus and Uncle Yap are women too?:P
jay
eh, this person, below, is not any of the ones you mentioned above
lah: