Court of Appeal upholds man’s seven-year jail sentence in machete attack case


KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man remains in prison for attacking a former Besut district police chief over an argument about a coconut tree after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal.

Mohd Nasli Mohd Nasir, 39, was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison by the Besut Sessions Court in 2022 for slashing former Supt Mohd Zamri Mohd Rowi until the victim's right thumb was severed in the incident in 2019.

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