Prosecution to hand over documents in Israeli's firearms trial by July 30
Published on: Friday, June 28, 2024
By: FMT
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Israeli Shalom Avitan has pleaded not guilty to trafficking six guns into Malaysia and possessing 158 bullets.
PETALING JAYA: The prosecution in the trial of Israeli citizen Shalom Avitan will provide copies of the hotel closed-circuit television recordings and forensic report analysis to the defence team by July 30.
Deputy public prosecutor Mustaffa P Kunyalam informed sessions court judge Norina Zainol Abidin today the prosecution has handed over the majority of the documents to Avitan’s lawyer before the nine-day trial set to commence on Sept 30, Bernama reported.
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“There are several documents yet to be handed over, including CCTV recordings and forensic analysis. We request a mention date within a month for us to provide all the documents to the defence in preparation for the trial,” Mustaffa said during case mention.
Avitan’s lawyer, Naran Singh, confirmed this and did not object to the timeframe requested by the prosecution.
“We also agree to maintain the previously set trial date,” said Naran, who was assisted by Navinjit Singh.
Norina scheduled July 30 for further mention and handover of the remaining documents.
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At the sessions court in Kuala Lumpur on April 12 , Avitan pleaded not guilty to trafficking six guns into Malaysia and possessing 158 bullets.
He was charged under Section 7(1) of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act for trafficking the guns, and Section 8 of the Arms Act for possessing the bullets.
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The guns cited in his possession are a Glock 19 USA, a Sig Sauer P320SP, a Glock 17 Gen4 Austria 9×19, a Smith & Wesson M&P 9C, and two Stoeger Cougar 8000s.
The bullets Avitan allegedly possessed are one box of Shell Shock NAS3 9mm (eight bullets) and three boxes of Bullet Master Co Ltd (150 bullets).
He allegedly committed the offence at a hotel on Jalan Ampang here between March 26 and 28.
If found guilty of gun trafficking, he could face up to 40 years in prison and six strokes of the rotan.
The maximum punishment for possession of bullets is seven years in prison, a fine of no more than RM10,000, or both, upon conviction.
On April 8, a couple alleged to have supplied Avitan with the firearms were charged in the Klang sessions court with possession of a 9mm pistol.
Syarifah Faraha Syed Husin was charged with possessing the gun, while her husband, Abdul Azim Yasin, was charged with consorting with her by carrying the weapon.
It was reported that Avitan is an associate of the Musli brothers crime family.
Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said Avitan had entered the country using a French passport, but when pressed further by the police, handed over his Israeli passport.
Avitan reportedly came to Malaysia to assassinate Eran Haya, the purported leader of a rival criminal group who is also in Malaysian police custody.
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