Ipoh High Court Fixes March 30 For Tronoh Rep S Rape Trial

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The Ipoh High Court has fixed nine days commencing from March 30 next year for the trial of former state executive councillor Paul Yong Choo Kiong who is charged with raping his maid.
Judge Hashim Hamzah set March 30 to April 2 and April 5 to 9 for the trial during a case management hearing yesterday.
In the upcoming trial, the prosecution is expected to call 20 witnesses while the defence team is set to bring forth three witnesses.
The dates were set following a three-person Federal Court bench allowing the Tronoh assemblyperson’s appeal for the rape case to be transferred from the Ipoh Sessions Court to the Ipoh High Court, on Dec 15.
The unanimous ruling was delivered by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. The other members of the bench were Federal Court judges Mohd Zawawi Salleh and Mary Lim Thiam Suan.
It has been reported that the alleged victim or key witness in the case had been kept waiting for a year and that the case is being monitored by both Malaysia and Indonesia.
On Aug 23 last year, the former Perak housing, local government, public transport, non-muslim affairs and new villages committee chairperson Yong, claimed trial at the Sessions Court to raping his Indonesian maid.
The offence was allegedly committed at a house at Meru Desa Park, between 8.15pm and 9.15pm on July 7, 2019.
On the political front, Yong quit the DAP party under which he was elected and now holds his seat as an independent.
He defected to support the government of Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu (who himself defected from Pakatan Harapan to Perikatan Nasional) which fell earlier this month. - Mkini

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