Man's 14-year jail sentence for causing death over bad durian upheld

A 65-year-old noodle maker will continue to serve 14 years in jail for causing the death of a durian seller who refused to replace a bad durian fruit he had bought for RM34.

This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal’s three-member bench led by Justice Lee Swee Seng in dismissing the prosecution's appeal to overturn a High Court’s decision that amended the charge against Ooi Chang Ang from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Fairuz Johari, who appeared for the prosecution...