Rubber tapper gets eight-year jail, fined RM3,000 for attempted murder

KUALA KANGSAR - A rubber tapper was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and fined RM3,000 by the Sessions Court here today for attempting to kill a policeman last week.

Judge Rohaida Ishak ordered the man, Mohamad Saidi Che Omar, 31, to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest and to serve another five months if he failed to pay the fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Mohamad Saidi was charged under Section 307 of the Penal Code with attempting to murder the policeman, Reymee Abdul Rahman, 38, by using an axe to slash the victim on his arms and head at an oil palm estate in Felda Bersia, Gerik at about 11.30 am, on Oct 17.

Based on the facts of the case, Reymee and his partner had gone to the estate for an anti-drug operation dubbed Ops Tapis.

When they stopped Mohamad Saidi for inspection, the man started attacking them using an axe in one hand and a machete in the other hand, injuring Raymee on the head and arms.

In defence, Raymee fired two shots which hit Mohamad Saidi on the knee.

Once apprehended and searched, packets of methamphetamine and ganja were found in the man’s pockets. - BERNAMA