00:01A road rage dispute over a honk has landed a salesman a decade behind bars.
00:06The Shah Alam Sessions Court on Wednesday sentenced 42-year-old Azmi Jantan to 10 years jail
00:12and two strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt to a motorcyclist
00:18with a meat cleaver. The attack happened at kilometre 14.6 of the Federal Highway's motorcycle
00:23lane in Section 13 on June 11. The victim, a postal and courier company executive on his way
00:29to work, had stopped his motorcycle when Azmi approached and struck him. The victim suffered
00:34fractures to his shoulder, left hand, fingers and wrist, along with head and arm injuries.
00:39Azmi, who was unrepresented, pleaded for a lighter sentence. However, Deputy Public Prosecutor
00:45Amir Saifullah Mohamed Salahuddin sought a heavier sentence, arguing the case should serve as a
00:51warning against road bullying and extreme road rage. He said the meat cleaver, when used as a sharp
00:56weapon was capable of causing death, and the accused is fortunate that the victim in this
01:00case did not die. The sentence takes effect from the date of Azmi's arrest on June 11.
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