13 Oct 2025
CHAI KONG WEE @ CHIA KONG WEE
- Citation
- BA-45B-18-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- BA-45B-18-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Applying the Abolition of Death Penalty Act 2023 and relevant authorities the court exercised sentencing discretion: the accused was legally sane and responsible, his early guilty plea and cooperation mitigated culpability but did not outweigh the serious aggravating factors (violent killing of a serving police officer and extensive prior offending); public interest and need for specific deterrence required a severe non-capital sentence. Therefore the appropriate punishment was 30 years' imprisonment and 12 strokes, to commence after completion of the accused's existing prison terms under rel…