ASSASINATION OF THE POLITICIAN MAZLAN IDRIS

 

Mazlan Idris was a politician that had been killed on 1993 by Mona Fandey, Mohamad Nor Affandi Rahman and Juraimi. Mona Fandy was a media focus on that time because of her smile, appearance in dressing and also because she used to become a singer. After leaving the music business, she became involved in spiritual witchcraft activities and was known to be a shaman. She began offering her services to clients, mostly from the upper-class society.

It was reported that Mazlan Idris, a state assemblyman for the constituency of Batu Talam in the state of Pahang, wanted to boost his political career and sought the services of Mona for assistance. Mazlan was educated in the United States and was an ambitious politician from the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party. At that time, Mona worked with her husband Mohamad Nor Affandi Abdul Rahman and their assistant Juraimi Hassan. Mona and her husband promised to help Mazlan by giving him a talisman consisting of a cane and headgear which was supposedly owned by former Indonesian President Sukarno. Mona influenced Mazlan that he would be unbeatable if he held the talisman. In return, Mona demanded RM 2.5 million. Mazlan paid the couple RM 500,000 as deposit, and gave them 10 land titles as guarantee for the remaining RM 2 million.

An appointment was made for cleansing rituals to be performed at Mona's house. Mazlan was told to lie on the floor face up while Mona placed flowers on him. She then told Mazlan to close his eyes and that time, Mona Fendy gave Juraimi an order to cut off  Mazlan's head by using an axe. They also disjointed and somewhat skinned Mazlan's body. Later on his body was found in 18 parts buried in a storeroom near Mona's house in Pahang.

Mazlan was reported missing on July 2, 1993 after withdrawing RM 300,000 from a bank. After the murder, Mona was reported to have been on a shopping spree where she bought a Mercedes-Benz and had a makeover. It was suspected that the murder occurred between 10:00 PM and 12midnight on July 18, 1993. On July 22, 1993, police found Mazlan's body. Mona, her husband, and Juraimi were arrested. They were tried in Temerloh High Court by a 7-person jury . The High Court found all three of them guilty and sentenced them to death by hanging. Mona and the others filed appeals to the Federal Court and in 1999 the court dismissed their appeals and upheld the death sentence.

 Finally, three of them were given a last meal of KFC on the night before their execution. Mona, Affandy, and Juraimi were finally hanged on November 2, 2001 at Kajang Prison. A prison official said the trio expressed no remorse at the pre-dawn execution. Throughout the trial, Mona exhibited strange behavior including appearing cheerful, constantly smiling and posing for press photographers. She dressed extravagantly with bright and colorful designs on her dress. This case is the most famous murder in Malaysia throughout years.

Prepared by Zulkifli and Nur Amira
Sources from the: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Fandey