Road rage: Ex-IT employee sentenced to 16 years' jail for causing Syed Danial's death


SHAH ALAM: A former information technology employee was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the High Court here Thursday (Dec 7), for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir at the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban bound North-South Expressway (NSE) in a road rage incident four years ago.

Judge Julia Ibrahim ordered the sentence on Yew Wei Liang, 45, to start from the date of his arrest on Aug 10, 2019.

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