28 Charged With Being Geng 08 Gst Members

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Some of the 28 accused in a police truck before they were charged in the sessions court in Kuala Kubu Bharu. (Bernama pic)KUALA KUBU BHARU: Twenty-eight men were charged in the sessions court here for being members of an organised crime group known as “Geng 08 GST”.
Among those charged were P Thanasegaran, 46, K Saravanak Kumar, 36, S Selvamogan, 44, N Yogeswaran, 41, N Ganesan, 43, R Raja Kumar, 39, Aziz Latip Hasannar, 42, N Chandran, 37, B Vinot, 27, K Selvam, 38, and P Tachana Moorthy, 36.
The others were S Vekneswaran, 36, M Saravanan, 40, V Elengo Van, 36, V Thinagaran, 28, M Eswaran, 33, S Navin ,29, S Kali Muthu, 44, B Moganraj, 30, A Poobalan, 29, N Vijendran, 37, K Punitharajan, 26, R Devandran, 35, R Vengateswaran, 26, Tan Eng Sun, 22, P Sathteswaran, 23, G Gananathan, 23, and H Arvind, 24.
No plea was recorded after the charge was read before judge Nurul Mardhiah Mohammed Redza as they were all arrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, which is under the High Court’s jurisdiction.
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They were charged with becoming members of “Geng 08 GST” at the Tin Mine, Kalumpang, Hulu Selangor here, between January 2019 and June 23 this year.
The charge, framed under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of up to 20 years, if found guilty.
All of them were not allowed bail and were taken to the Sungai Buloh Prison.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Iskandar Ahmad, Ahmad Shafiq Hasim, Khairul Azreem Mamat and Yong Ching Hong.
The lawyers appearing for the accused were Geethan Ram Vincent, R Thinalan, David Gurupatham, JM Mark, K Shalvin, Hanif Hassan, PS Doal and Mujahidah Almukimah Fakhfurazi.
The court set Aug 22 for mention. - FMT

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