Duo claim trial to causing blast using homemade explosives

TWO men pleaded not guilty in a magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur today to a charge of causing an explosion using homemade explosives in front of a pet shop.

Friends Alex Lau Kwang Lee, 32, and Lai Meng Sien, 34, were jointly charged with unlawfully and maliciously causing the explosion that is likely to endanger lives or cause serious damage to a property belonging to one Yong Yiam Whey, 44.