KUALA LUMPUR: Six people including a woman were charged at the magistrate's court and at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital today over the murder of real estate agent Datin Wong Siew Ling, who was gunned down at Taman OUG, Jalan Klang Lama on July 6.
M. Pal Ganapathy, 26, and S.Vijendran, 29, were jointly charged with murder while K. Sri Kanapathy, 34; Chen Yuen Ming, 41; Chin Kok Leong ,43; and Liew Lai Chen, 46, were charged with abetting the two in the murder.
They nodded their head in understanding when the charge was read out to them before magistrate Siti Radziah Kamarudin.
Meanwhile, K. Sattiyarad, 29, who was down with dengue fever, was charged at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital with abetting Ganapathy and Vijendran.
No pleas were recorded.
All seven were accused of committing the offence at Jalan Hujan Emas 4, Overseas Union Garden, Off Jalan Klang Lama in Brickfields here between 2pm and 2.30pm on July 6.
They were denied bail. Their case will up for mention on October 4.
Deputy public prosecutor Nor Diana Nor Azwa prosecuted while Kanapathy was represented by counsel Nur Hayati Don Omar. Chin and Sattiyarad were represented by counsel Christopher Lai King Lung and Datuk Simon Sabapathy, while Liew was represented by counsel M. Raja.
Police had previously said that Wong’s murder was masterminded by a businessman who owed her RM13 million.
Investigations revealed that the killing took place after Wong had enlisted a private investigator to get the money back from the businessman and his wife, after the business venture failed to take off.