Man sentenced to 30 years' jail, 12 strokes for murder
MUAR: A former mobile phone shop worker was jailed for 30 years and ordered to be caned 12 times by the High Court here today for killing a man with a metal object during a fight six years ago.
A former mobile phone shop worker, Lim Yew Lung, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and 12 canings by the High Court in Muar for the murder of Tsun Chin Kiang. The judge, Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid, found him guilty of the crime after considering both the written and oral submissions from the prosecution and the defense.
The prosecution argued that all elements of the charge had been proven beyond reasonable doubt, while the defense's credibility was deemed unconvincing. Lim was initially charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction. The victim, Tsun Chin Kiang, was killed with a metal object during a fight inside the shop on January 29, 2020, and later died in the hospital.
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