Federal Court reduces Yew Wei Liang’s jail term to 12 years

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A former IT officer convicted of causing the death of bank officer Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident had his sentence reduced.  The Federal Court cut Yew Wei Liang’s prison term from 16 years to 12 years after allowing his appeal on Wednesday (Dec 3).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yve2cmkn  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The federal court on Wednesday reduced the jail sentence of former IT officer Yu Weiliang

00:06from 16 years to 12 years over a fatal road rage incident six years ago.

00:12The 47-year-old Yu sobbed in the dock upon hearing the decision.

00:16Yu's lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan said Yu was initially not optimistic,

00:21but was relieved with the outcome.

00:22He said Yu's face lit up when he met him in the dock immediately after the court decision.

00:28He said the sentence reduction was substantial and whatever it was,

00:32someone died and Yu was paying the price for the death.

00:35He said Yu will be released in 2027.

00:39In 2023, the Shah Alam High Court sentenced Yu to 16 years

00:43for causing the death of the then 29-year-old Syed Muhammad Daniel

00:48along the North-South Expressway near Bangi in August 2019.

00:53The incident began near the Sungai Besi toll plaza

00:55and escalated into a physical altercation.

00:59The victim allegedly alighted with a baseball bat and swung at the front of Yu's car,

01:04after which Yu rammed into him.

01:06The victim later died at Nilay Medical Center.

01:09The three-judge panel upheld Yu's conviction under Section 304, Subsection A of the Penal Code,

01:15but found the 16-year term excessive.

01:17They said the decision by the Court of Appeal was safe

01:20and there was no error for them to decide otherwise.

01:22They dismissed cross-appeals by both the defense and prosecution.

01:27The defense had hoped for a substitution to Section 304, Subsection B of the Penal Code,

01:32which provides a maximum 10-year imprisonment,

01:35while the prosecution sought to reinstate the murder charge

01:38under Section 302 of the Penal Code,

01:41which carries the death penalty,

01:43or a maximum 40-year jail term,

01:45and at least 12 strokes of the roten.

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