KAJANG: An IT employee was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of one Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir over a road accident.
A Bernama report said Yew Wei Liang, 41, clad in a T-shirt and black pants, nodded to indicate he understood the charge which was read out to him before Magistrate Nor Afidah Idris.
Yew is accused of having caused the death of Syed Muhammad Danial, 29, at KM293.6 of the North-South (Kuala LumpurSeremban) Expressway here between 1pm and 2pm on Aug 10. He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which provides for the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. No bail was allowed.
According to Free Malaysia Today, defence counsel S Selvam argued that his client should instead be charged under Section 41 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which deals with death during road accidents.
The defence also claimed that Yew was abused during remand and had to be taken to Kajang Hospital on Aug 13, adding that he had been forced into giving a confession. Selvam asked the court to set a date to hear the complaint filed by their client under Section 131 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Defence lawyer Varghese Onny also said the evidence could have been tampered with as calls were made from the phone of Yew’s wife, who was also remanded.
“The phone should be under police possession during the probe,” he said. The court fixed Sept 27 for mention and to hear complaints by the defence lawyers. Magistrate Nor Afidah Idris also ordered for Yew to be remanded at the Sungai Buloh prison. In the incident on Aug 10, Syed Danial, 29, died following an altercation with the driver of another car over a minor accident just after the Sungai Besi toll plaza. The two drivers got involved in a car chase and a scuffle ensued between them at the Bandar Baru Bangi interchange.
Witnesses at the scene broke up the fight and the two drivers returned to their vehicles. The younger man then got out of his vehicle with a baseball bat and smashed the other car’s bonnet.
The older driver was believed to have suddenly lurched his vehicle forward, hitting the victim. Syed Danial was pinned between the car and the road divider. He was rushed to the Nilai Medical Centre but died while receiving treatment. – Bernama
