A 43-year-old man was charged at the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court today with possessing a roll of stolen Telekom Malaysia cables and intentionally obstructing a police officer from performing his duties.

IPOH: A man was brought before the Magistrate’s Court here today over charges of possessing a roll of stolen telecommunications cables belonging to Telekom Malaysia (TM) and intentionally obstructing police officers in the execution of their duties last week.

The accused, Helmi Baharum, 43, pleaded not guilty after both charges were read out before Magistrate Nur Laila Mohamed Nazil.

Under the first charge, the man is alleged to have together with another individual who remains at large intentionally obstructed a public servant, Sergeant Faiz Yaakop, from carrying out his duties on Jalan Raja Perempuan Mazwin here, at approximately 6 am on Oct 30.