African trio deny robbing Japanese businessman of US$30,000

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Three African men pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions court on Wednesday (Sept 11) to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman of US$30,000 last month.

Patrick Samba, 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone, along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, 38,were charged with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma alongside two others who are still at large.

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00:00Three African men pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Wednesday
00:05to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman last month.
00:08Patrick Samba, age 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone,
00:15along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, age 38,
00:19were charged with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma of US$30,000
00:25alongside two others who are still at large.
00:28The alleged crime took place in front of a restaurant at a shopping mall in Brickfields
00:32at 1.30pm on August 9.
00:35The trio were charged under Section 395 of the Penal Code,
00:39which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
00:42and a fine or whipping if convicted.
00:46Deputy Public Prosecutor Izalina Abdullah did not offer bail
00:50as none of the accused had valid travel documents.
00:53However, Counsel A. R. Pelaya, representing all three accused,
00:58said his clients had valid travel documents,
01:01which were either with their respective agents
01:03or held at the colleges where they were studying.
01:06The lawyer requested the court to set an early date for him
01:09to verify their travel documents before appealing for bail.
01:13Judge Agusra Ali did not offer any bail and set September 25 for case mention.
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