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Tok Singa, 3 other traditional healers jailed for assault causing lecturer's blindness
KOTA BARU: Four traditional medicine practitioners were sentenced to four years in jail by the Sessions Court here today for assaulting a lecturer and causing permanent blindness in his left eye in August 2021.
Judge Mohd Zul Zaqikudin Zulkifli handed down the sentence to all four accused, including two known by their aliases, Wea Selamos, whose real name is Mohd Shamsul Izwan Midin, 37, and Tok Singa, whose real name is Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Adnan, 37.
The other two accused are Idrees Ishak, 46, and Mohd Eric Mohd Ramli, 39.
In his judgment, Mohd Zul Zaqikudin said the defence presented by all four was merely a denial.
"As such, all the accused are found guilty and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, effective today," he said.
According to the charge, they were accused of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to the victim, Ahmad Shahrill 'Ariff Zainol, 43, which led to permanent blindness in his left eye.
The offence took place at a guesthouse on Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra here at about 4am on Aug 5, 2021.
All the accused were charged under Section 325 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of seven years and a possible fine upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Kamarul Hasyime Rosli prosecuted while all four accused were represented by Mohd Azrul Hasyimi Mohamad.
Earlier, Mohd Azrul Hasyimi applied for a stay of execution to file an appeal on behalf of his clients.
The court allowed the application and increased the bail from RM3,000 to RM5,000 for each accused.
