Ex-IT employee found guilty over Syed Muhammad Danial's death in road rage case

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A former Information Technology (IT) employee was found guilty by the Shah Alam High Court on a charge of causing the death of Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Highway (PLUS) four years ago.  Judge Julia Ibrahim found 45-year-old Yew Wei Liang, 45, guilty after the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code.  Read more at http://rb.gy/bd47fo   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A former Information Technology employee was found guilty by the Shah Alam High Court on Tuesday

00:08 to a charge of causing the death of Syed Mohd Daniel Syed Shakir in a road bridge incident on the North-South Highway four years ago.

00:18 Judge Julia Ibrahim found 45-year-old Yu Wei Liang guilty after the prosecution

00:24 proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt under Section 304, Subsection (a) of the Penal Code.

00:30 On July 20, Judge Julia ordered Yu to enter his defence on the charge of killing Mohd Daniel under Section 302 of the same law.

00:39 In Tuesday's judgement, the court ruled that the accused failed to prove that there was a threat of bodily harm to himself and his wife from the disease.

00:49 Based on all the testimonies, the court found that the accused had the right to defend his property from acts of mischief,

00:56 namely the damage to his Innova car by the disease with a baseball bat, but it did not extend to causing his death.

01:04 The court also found that the testimonies of prosecution witnesses were not challenged throughout the defence's case.

01:11 Judge Julia said December 7 to hear any appeal and submissions before sentencing.

01:17 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk

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