'I stabbed him': Man jailed 18 years over colleague's death
KUALA LUMPUR: “I stabbed him,” a man told his employer after stabbing a colleague, before asking whether the victim was still alive.
S. Lawrence stabbed his colleague, S. Ganesan, after a heated argument over a lorry-driving job, according to prosecutors. The High Court sentenced Lawrence to 18 years in jail for culpable homicide of Ganesan, taking into account the circumstances of the case and mitigating factors presented by Lawrence. The two men had a dispute after Ganesan became unhappy that Lawrence had taken over his former position, compounded by disagreements over delivery delays.
CCTV footage showed Ganesan walking out of his house with a chain and collapsing outside a neighbour's home. Lawrence surrendered at Bukit Aman police headquarters after the incident. A post-mortem examination revealed that Ganesan died from a stab wound to the chest, penetrating his heart and aorta. The court convicted Lawrence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, as he had no injuries to suggest he was the aggressor, even though Ganesan had initiated the argument. The sentence is in effect from Lawrence's arrest on February 23, 2024.
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