Road rage: Appeals Court upholds 16-year jail sentence for IT worker who killed man


  • Nation
  • Monday, 10 Mar 2025

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 16-year prison sentence on a former information technology employee for causing the death of bank manager Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir in a road rage incident on the North-South Expressway.

A three-judge panel led by Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali unanimously rejected the appeal of Yew Wei Liang, 47, against his conviction and sentence handed down by the Shah Alam High Court on Dec 7, 2023.

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