TAIPING, July 3 — Five prison officers were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with injuring three inmates at Taiping Prison in separate incidents in January.
The accused — Mohd Hairie Jumri, 40; Saiful Azman Mohamad Ibrahim, 44; Ahmad Rizal Razali, 37; Muhamad Mustakhim Abdul Rahim, 40; and Nor Hafiz Izwan Muhammad Jajam, 31 — all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Before Magistrate R. Prabakaran, Mohd Hairie and Saiful Azman were jointly charged with intentionally causing hurt to P. Jason Immanuel, 25, using a baton at Hall B of Taiping Prison on Jalan Taming Sari between 3 pm and 4 pm on January 17, 2025.
The charge was framed under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment, a fine, or whipping, or any two of those punishments, upon conviction.
The two prison officers, an inspector and a sergeant respectively, were granted bail of RM4,000 each with two sureties and ordered to report to a nearby police station on the first day of every month pending the disposal of the case.
The court fixed September 7 for mention and the submission of documents.
In the same court, Ahmad Rizal, also a prison inspector, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to V. Naveen Kumar, 32, at the same location between 3 pm and 4.15 pm on the same day.
The charge, under Section 323 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum penalty of one year's imprisonment, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, upon conviction.
He was granted bail of RM3,000 with two sureties. The court also fixed September 7 for the submission of documents.
The accused were represented by lawyer Aqmarul Aqil Ismail, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Farihah Adilah Fazial appeared for the prosecution.
In proceedings before Magistrate Ahmad Hamdi Mustafar, Muhamad Mustakhim and Nor Hafiz Izwan were jointly charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, with voluntarily causing hurt to G. Yugarajan, 30, between 3 pm and 4 pm at the same location on the same date.
Magistrate Ahmad Hamdi granted them bail of RM2,000 each with one surety and fixed September 8 for mention and the submission of documents.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nazura Azman prosecuted, while lawyers Amirul Fairuzzeen Jamaluddin and Mohd Aidil Arsad represented Muhamad Mustakhim. Nor Hafiz Izwan was represented by lawyer Aqmarul Aqil Ismail.
