The trader, Chek Norhafizzi Chek Nor, being brought to the sessions court in Pasir Mas today. (Bernama pic)
PASIR MAS: A trader was charged in the sessions court here with the kidnap of a cosmetics agent.
Chek Norhafizzi Chek Nor, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Badrul Munir Hamdy.
He was charged with another man, who is still at large, with kidnapping Rosnazirah Nain, 36, at a house in Kampung Semat Jai, Wakaf Bharu, near Tumpat, at 5.06pm on Sept 13.
The charge, framed under Section 363 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same law, provides imprisonment for up to seven years and a fine upon conviction.
Check Norhafizzi was not allowed bail and the court set Jan 20 for mention of submission of documents.
Deputy public prosecutor Hajarul Falenna Itah Abu Bakar Adil prosecuted while lawyers Firdaus Zainal Abidin and Majdah Muhammad represented the accused.
Based on media reports, Rosnazirah was kidnapped by a few men from her home in Tumpat in a car.
Some residents reported seeing the victim being taken on a boat to Thailand before the car was found on Sept 13.
