KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was charged with attempted murder in the Sessions Court here yesterday for allegedly knocking down a policeman in Cheras last month.

Yong Kok Ong, 27, from Skudai, Johor, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

He was alleged to have knocked down Mohd Azhar Sa'at, who sustained serious injuries, in Jalan 8/15 4 D, Taman Desa Cheras at about 9.45pm on April 12.

According to the facts of the case, the accused was driving a Mercedes Compressor C200 when he knocked down Mohd Azhar, who is attached to the Cheras police station.

Yong was also charged with possessing a pistol and 11 rounds of ammunition at the same place, date and time.
He faces another charge of having in possession an identity card of a person by the name of Tan Chua Keat.

Deputy public prosecutor Lokman Kasim urged the court to refuse bail.

Judge Fathiyah Idris fixed June 18 for re-mention of the case to enable Yong to engage a lawyer. - Bernama