ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS
PRESS RELEASE
SATURDAY, 23RD AUGUST 2025
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
V
MOHAMAD KHAIRULNIZAM BIN ALI NOH
On 23 August 2025, the High Court sentenced Mohamad Khairulnizam bin Ali Noh, a 33-year-old
permanent resident, to death for the murder of a 70-year-old woman and her 23-year-old
daughter.
The Defendant was found guilty after trial of two counts of murder under section 302 of the Penal
Code, Chapter 22, for the murder of Hajah Jainah binti Haji Husain and Nor Aqilah binti Abdullah,
committed sometime between 4 October 2017 and 9 October 2017.
The Prosecution called a total of 44 witnesses during the trial. The Defendant gave evidence and
called one witness, his mother, in his defence. Having considered the evidence adduced by the
Prosecution and the defence put forward by the Defendant, the High Court was satisfied that the
Prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.
During the trial, evidence showed that on 5 October 2017, Hajah Jainah had asked the Defendant
to drive her and the partially blind Nor Aqilah to an alternative treatment in Kampong Bengkurong,
using her Mitsubishi Mirage. According to the Defendant, he lost his temper when the two began
quarrelling in the car. He stopped at KM48.8 of the Muara-Tutong Highway and fatally assaulted
both women. He then left Hajah Jainah’s body by the highway and Nor Aqilah’s at Jalan Dadap,
Kampong Kilanas.
Later that week, a relative of the deceased found the Defendant driving the same car and handed
him over to the police. During the investigation, the Defendant led police investigators to the
locations where the bodies had been disposed of. A post-mortem confirmed that both women died
from strangulation, with neck fractures sustained while still alive.
In sentencing, the Honourable Judicial Commissioner Haji Abdullah Soefri bin POKSM DSP Haji
Abidin and Judicial Commissioner Muhammed Faisal bin PDJLD DSP Haji Kefli noted that the
Defendant had murdered two defenceless women, and that this was a heinous crime for which
the only appropriate sentence was death.
The High Court also convicted the Defendant of one count under section 324 of the Penal Code
for voluntarily causing hurt by means of an instrument which, when used as a weapon of offence,
is likely to cause death. This related to an incident involving Hee Siang Hui, whom the Defendant
injured by cutting his neck with a knife. Additionally, the Defendant was convicted of a charge of
dishonest misappropriation of the Mitsubishi Mirage BAQ 3661, which had been in the possession
of the deceased at the time of her death. The Defendant is scheduled to appear before the High
Court again on 28 October 2025 at 9:00 am for the hearing of his plea in mitigation.
The Prosecution was represented by Deputy Public Prosecutor Hajah Suriana binti Haji Radin
and Prosecuting Officer Shamshuddin bin Haji Kamaluddin. The Defendant was represented by
Haji Ahmad Basuni bin Haji Abbas of Abrahams, Davidson & Co.
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