Malaysian Court Hands Man 40-Year Sentence for Killing Gambling Credit Seller

Malaysia’s High Court in Taiping has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 40 years in prison and 12 strokes of the rotan for murdering a man who sold online gambling credits.

Muzammil Mohamad was convicted of killing Ng Wai Keong, 26, after setting fire to his shop in Batu Kurau in May 2020. Free Malaysia Today reported the judgment on October 28. 

Attack Followed Gambling Losses

According to the facts presented in court, Muzammil and his friends regularly bought online gambling credits from Ng, who served customers through an opening at his shop.

On May 23, 2020, Muzammil became angry after losing bets placed on his mobile phone and wanted his money returned. He went to the shop, poured petrol through the opening and set the premises on fire.

Ng escaped from the building and was taken to hospital. He died on June 3, eleven days after the attack, from injuries sustained in the fire.

Court Rejects Defence

The court rejected Muzammil’s defence that another person had poured the petrol, finding that it failed to raise reasonable doubt.

Judicial Commissioner Syed Faisal Syed Amir imposed the maximum prison term of 40 years alongside the caning sentence. The gambling platform for which Ng sold credits was not identified in the report.