00:00A former IT consultant who caused the death of a bank manager in a road rage incident six years ago
00:06had his sentence reduced from 16 years to 12 after the federal court allowed his appeal on sentence.
00:14A three-member bench chaired by Justice Nordin Hassan said
00:18the original jail term imposed on Yu Weiliang by the High Court and affirmed by the Court of Appeal was excessive.
00:25Lawyer N. Sivan Nantan told reporters that Yu 47 should be freed in 2027
00:31after taking into account a one-third remission given to prisoners for good behavior.
00:37The bench, which also includes Justices Vazir Alam Maidin Meera and Lee Sui Seng,
00:43earlier dismissed Yu's appeal to be sentenced for a lesser charge of causing death without intention.
00:49The bench also disallowed the prosecution's cross-appeal that he be convicted of murder,
00:55which would give judges the discretion to impose the death penalty or up to 40 years in jail
01:00and a minimum 12 strokes of the rotan.
01:03Yu was initially charged with murder after repeatedly running into site Daniel Said Shakir 29
01:09on the North-South Expressway near Bandar Baru Bangi on August 10, 2019, resulting in his death at the scene.
01:17Pan Yuzhou, FMT
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