SUNGAI PETANI, Oct 22 — Nine men were charged in the Sessions Court here today with being members of an organised crime group known as the ‘Geng Suria’.

They are Thayalan, 28; A. Tana Balan, 30; Muhamad Rizwan Abd Jalil, 28; G. Sritharan, 39; B. Saranraj, 38; A. Simon, 34; G. Suria Prasad (alleged to be the gang leader), 30; A. Suresh, 52; and Kavines, 31.

No pleas were recorded after the charges were read out in Tamil before Judges Nabisha Ibrahim and Najwa Che Mat in separate courtrooms, as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.

The nine men are charged with being members of the organised crime group at an unnumbered house on Jalan Sekerat, Pekan Lama, here, between December 2024 and April this year.