KUALA TERENGGANU: A former member of the Malaysian Volunteer Corps (Rela) was sentenced to 43 years in prison by the High Court here for shooting dead his best friend and attempting to murder the victim's nephew.
Judge Datuk Hassan Abdul Ghani handed down the sentence after the accused, Ong Chow Lee, 60, pleaded guilty.
According to the amended charge, the accused was accused of murdering Fong Swee Fuan, 65, who is the former Marang MCA chief.
The accused was also charged with attempted murder, intending to cause the death of Teo Hock Beng, the victim's nephew, who was 45 at the time of the incident.
Both offences were committed by the accused in a shed in Taman Raya Wakaf Tapai, Marang, between 1.20pm and 1.55pm on July 23, 2021.
For the murder offence under Section 302 of the Penal Code, the accused was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was also sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder under Section 307 of the Penal Code.
The court ordered the prison sentences to run concurrently from the date of arrest, which was July 23, 2021.
Deputy public prosecutors Azizan Abdullah, Amer Abu Bakar Abdullah and Mohd Khairuddin Idris prosecuted, while the accused was represented by lawyers Mohd Azlan Shah Mohd Alias, Abdul Hayyi Salim and Diyana Ibrahim.