An IT worker has been charged with murder for the road rage incident on Aug 10 that killed bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Syakir, 29.
According to a report by Berita Harian, the accused Yew Wei Liang, 41, was been brought to the Kajang Magistrate Court today, where he nodded after the charge was read to him before magistrate Nor Afidah Idris.
No plea was recorded.
Yew was accused of causing Syed Muhammad Danial’s death at Kilometre 293.6 of the North-South Expressway, between 1pm and 2pm, on Aug 10.
The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.
Previously, police said investigations had found that Syed Muhammad Danial had rear-ended the accused’s car, following which the two drivers started chasing and tauntingeach other until they stopped at the Bandar Baru Bangi exit.
A fight broke out the two, and the Syed Muhammad Danial eventually retrieved a baseball bat from his car and started hitting the front of Yew’s car.
Yew, who had retreated to the inside of his car by then, allegedly accelerated his vehicle and pinned Syed Muhammad Danial to a road divider, mortally injuring him.
Police had stressed that the incident had nothing to do with race and warned against using the matter to incite racial sentiments.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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