PETALING JAYA: A Pakistani was charged with the murder of a real estate agent in Ara Damansara last month, at the magistrates’ court here yesterday.
No plea was recorded however from the accused, Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan, 25, who was unrepresented.
He was jointly charged, with several others still at large, with the murder of Tang Yong Ching, 45, at Jalan PJU 1A-3N Ara Damansara, here on July 5.
He faces the mandatory death sentence upon conviction under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Ishtiaq however pleaded guilty to three counts of cheating two women and a man at two supermarkets by using a debit card to obtain a couple of laptops, between July 5 and 6.
Magistrate Nor Afidah Idris set Sept 18 for mention and deputy public prosecutor Saphirra Selamat prosecuted.
The real estate agent had been reported missing and the discovery of his body near a river in Ara Damansara on July 12 was covered by the media. — Bernama