A workshop worker was jailed for two months and fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate's Court here, today, after pleading guilty to hitting a man on the side of the road in front of the Jalan Langat-Klang traffic lights, last Sunday. The incident went viral on Social Media
The accused, Mohd Faizul Nazri, 39, pleaded guilty after the charges were read before Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat.
Mohd Faizul was ordered to serve his prison sentence from the date he was arrested.
He was also ordered to serve an additional two months in prison if he failed to pay the prescribed fine.
Siti Zubaidah in her judgment hoped that the accused would take heed of the incident in addition to reminding the accused not to follow his feelings and show off on the road.
According to the charges, Mohd Faizul intentionally caused serious injury to a 21-year-old man, which was a broken and cracked eighth jaw bone on the left side.
He is alleged to have committed the offense on the side of the road, in front of the Jalan Langat - Klang traffic lights heading towards Klang at 7.15pm, last Sunday.
Conviction can be jailed for up to seven years and fined according to Section 325 of the Penal Code.
Earlier, the lawyer representing the accused, Nicholas Cheoh requested that the accused be sentenced to a minimum prison sentence from the date of arrest.
"I understand that the accused's wife is heavily pregnant and he wants to be by his wife's side when she gives birth to their first child.
"The accused also regretted and gave an undertaking not to repeat the offence," he said.
Deputy Public Prosecutor, Nurul Jannah Aimi asked the court to give a commensurate fine following the fact that there were accused witnesses who acted mercilessly to the point of injuring the victim.
"The victim in this case suffered a fractured jaw and cases of gangsterism on the road often occur. "I am asking for an appropriate punishment to teach a lesson not only to the accused but to the public," he said.
Earlier last Monday, Klang Selatan District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Cha Hoong Fong said, his side received a report from the victim, a 21-year-old local who claimed to have been held up by a car with three men in it.
Three men, including the accused as the main suspect, were arrested by the police after the victim made a report regarding the incident on October 2.
The victim at the time was said to be passing through Jalan Langat - Klang at 7.15pm last Sunday and honked at a Proton Saga FLX car for driving dangerously and almost hit it.
However, the driver of the car then blocked the movement of the victim at the traffic light intersection.
One of the three men (the suspect) in the car, pushed the complainant until he fell off the motorcycle in addition to strangling him, punching him in the face, kicking him in the stomach and legs several times.
The incident also resulted in the 21-year-old victim also suffering a loss of RM250 when his motorcycle cover set was damaged as a result of being kicked by the suspect.
Following that, the man was arrested with two other friends at 6.30pm yesterday and a urine test found the main suspect positive for methamphetamine
