R. Alex Charged with Murder of Two Female Students in Teluk Intan

Private‑sector employee R. Alex, 28, was brought before the Teluk Intan magistrates court on four charges, including two counts of murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code for the deaths of 17‑year‑old Nur Dania Arissa Salim and 16‑year‑old Nur Atikah Abdullah. The victims were killed when a vehicle struck their motorcycle on Jalan Padang Tembak on 26 July. Alex also faces charges of driving under the influence of drugs causing serious injury to 7‑year‑old Adam Arjuna Abdullah (Section 44(1A)(a) of the Road Transport Act 1987) and reckless driving causing injury to 50‑year‑old A. Suresh (Section 43(1)). No bail was offered; the case was remanded for a further hearing on 11 September. Prosecutors were Deputy Public Prosecutors Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani, Izzuddin Fakri Hamdan and Nur Darwis Aghniya Halim Azizi, and Alex was represented by counsel Koh Shean Wai.