{"id":25818,"date":"2024-01-25T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2024-01-25T22:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:15:49","slug":"ex-esscom-intel-chief-seven-others-acquitted-in-tawaus-e-hailing-driver-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/01\/25\/ex-esscom-intel-chief-seven-others-acquitted-in-tawaus-e-hailing-driver-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Esscom intel chief, seven others acquitted in Tawau&#8217;s e-hailing driver murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: The e-hailing driver murder case involving former Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) officer Mat Zaki Zain and seven others has taken a surprising turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Berita Harian, the Tawau High Court has acquitted all eight individuals after the deceased&#8217;s former wife confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy public prosecutor Khairul Azreem Mamat informed the court that the prosecution would not proceed with the case due to new developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 23rd witness, Nurimah Juli, admitted to killing Nurman Bakaratu, her former husband, at a specific location and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mat Zaki, along with six police officers and one civilian, faced charges related to the murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused were charged under the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: The e-hailing driver murder case involving former Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) officer Mat Zaki Zain and seven others has taken a surprising turn. According to Berita Harian, the Tawau High Court has acquitted all eight individuals after the deceased&#8217;s former wife confessed to the crime. Deputy public prosecutor Khairul Azreem Mamat informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25820,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions\/25820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}