SHAH ALAM, June 19 — Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s son today changed his plea to not guilty to four counts of stealing and possessing stolen goods.
Raja Azman Raja Petra, 32, of Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh near here, changed his plea after the charges were read to him again.
When the case came up on May 19, he had pleaded guilty to all the charges.
On the first count, Raja Azman is charged with stealing a motorcycle belonging to production operator Mohd Syaiful Setapa, 24, in Jalan Batas 2, 19/6B, Section 19 here at about 9.30am last March 20.
On the second charge, he is accused of breaking into Mohd Syaiful’s house and stealing the victim’s wallet, which contained his identity card, RM20, road tax, ATM cards, and driving licence at the same place, time and date.
On the third count, Raja Azman is charged with stealing a handphone, watch and a motorcycle chain, all worth RM3,850, belonging to a student, Saipul Adli Mohamed Yunus, 21, at a house in Jalan Sastera, U2/1K Section U2 here at about 10am on April 24.
Raja Azman, who was arrested on May 6, is also charged with possessing a stolen motorcycle, worth RM6,000, belonging to student Ahmad Firdaus Jalaluddin, 23, in Apartment Kinrara Court, Puchong near here at about 10.40pm last May 5.
Magistrate Norkamilah Aziz fixed three days from Sept 14 to hear the case.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Syakimah Ibrahim prosecuted while Raja Azman was represented by J. Chandra and Amerjeet Singh Sidhu. — Bernama





