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Kota Kinabalu: Two men were charged with gang-raping a 17-year-old, four years ago.

Mohammad Gerseyrey  Abd Mulok, 28, and Mohd Dzulhilmy Ibrahim, 32, pleaded not guilty separately before Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz, to the charge against them on Thursday.

Mohammad Gerseyrey and Mohd Dzulhimmy allegedly raped the girl together with two others who were previously found guilty and sent to prison, at a lodging house in Beaufort between 11pm on Sept 4 and 6am on Sept 5, 2017.

The offence under Section 375B of the Penal Code carries a jail term of between 10 years and 30 years, and whipping, on conviction. The court set June 8 for case management and released the duo on a bail of RM10,000 with RM5,000 deposited in two local sureties.

The court also ordered the duo to report to the nearest police station once a month and their passports, if any, to be impounded by the court.

The duo were also warned not to communicate or tamper with the prosecution witnesses. Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Nureen Natasha Mohd Raffie proposed bail of RM10,000 and asked for new mention date.

However, the duo who were not represented, asked for the bail amount to be reduced.

Meanwhile, the swab test result of a 37-year-old Filipino who was charged with causing grievous hurt to a local by smashing his seven teeth in a road rage incident, is still not ready.

Judge Azreena Aziz then set June 14 for mention the case of Joni Abdullah. Joni was on Apr 25 this year, charged with causing grievous hurt to a 21-year-old man with a metal rod in a road rage incident here recently.

But no plea was recorded from Joni.

Joni allegedly assaulted one Aaron Liew with the weapon at 10pm on March 29, this year along Jalan Kolam, Luyang here.

DPP Siti Amirah Muhammad Ali appeared for the prosecution while counsel Luke Ressa Balang defended Joni.