Road rage man jailed a day, fined RM700

KUALA LUMPUR: A jobless man was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM700 after he pleaded guilty to kicking a woman's car.

Magistrate Nur 'Aminahtul Mardiah Md Nor ordered Chong Yew Fatt, 52, to serve the jail sentence on the day of his arrest on Jan 15.

The court also ordered Chong to serve a month's jail if he failed to pay the fine. Chong paid the fine.

Chong admitted to have kicked the rear bumper of the car belonging to S.Purnima, 32, a deputy public prosecutor, after she honked at him when he overtook her car at Bukit Jalil-Puchong Expressway near the Technology Park Malaysia, Cheras, here at 5.45 pm on Jan 14.

The incident caused the woman to incur losses of RM200.

Chong was charged under Section 427 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of two years or fine, or both.

Chong was not represented. - Bernama