GEORGE TOWN, July 31 (Bernama) — A man and a woman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of committing mischief by setting fire to a restaurant last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee shop assistant Khoo Teng Chi, 32, and Joanne Lim, 37, made the plea after the charge was read out in Mandarin before Judge Irwan Suainbon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were jointly charged with committing the offence by setting fire, with the use of firecrackers and throwing them, at the premises of Jing Zhang Restaurant & Bar owned by a woman, causing damage amounting to RM34,800.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khoo and Lim were charged with committing the offence at No. 10, Jalan Pahang here, at 5.19 am on July 23 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were charged under Section 435 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, which provides for a jail term of up to 14 years and a fine upon conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court allowed them bail of RM8,000 with one surety each and also ordered them to report to a police station once a month, as well as not to intimidate witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy public prosecutor Lee Jun Keong appeared for the prosecution while Khoo and Lim, who help out at her mother\u2019s food shop, were represented by lawyer Muhammad Zulzarif Mohd Zakwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— BERNAMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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