00:00A 37-year-old man has been charged with murdering his wife,
00:04an officer with the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency,
00:07at their government quarters unit near KLIA in Nilai.
00:12Mohamad Khairuddin Safi'ai is accused of murdering 35-year-old Nurhazwani Ibrahim.
00:18He allegedly committed the offence at about 7pm on October 15th.
00:23The charge was read before Magistrate Nurul Sakinah Rosli.
00:28Mohamad Khairuddin nodded to indicate he understood the charge.
00:32No plea was recorded as murder cases fall under the High Court's jurisdiction.
00:37He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
00:42If convicted, he faces the death penalty or 30 to 40 years jail
00:47and at least 12 strokes of the cane if the death penalty is not imposed.
00:51The accused, who was unrepresented, had remained in remand since October 16th.
00:58Police said checks showed the accused has 16 past criminal records
01:03involving narcotics offences, housebreaking, theft and possession of stolen property.
01:09A post-mortem found that the victim died from pressure on her neck.
01:13The examination also revealed three stab wounds,
01:17two to the abdomen and one to the right cheek.
01:21The couple had been married for seven years and had two children aged six and five.
01:26The case will be mentioned at the Seremban Magistrate's Court on December 22nd.
