Sat, Sep 18, 2010
The New Paper
No bonus, so man gets even with employer
By: Chong Shin Yen
HE WAS overjoyed when his boss promised him a bonus before Chinese New Year.
He shared the good news with his wife. They were relieved that, finally, they could pay off their urgent debts.
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But Mohamed Rizzal Salleh's joy was short lived. Two days later, the 39-year-old delivery driver was told that there would be no bonus.
Mohamed Rizzal was so enraged that he hatched a plan to break into his workplace - to spite his boss.
He made away with $1,650 worth of cash and valuables and a lorry belonging to his company, which deals in plaster products.
He was jailed six years and ordered to be caned six strokes after he pleaded guilty to four charges last month.
Mohamed Rizzal is appealing against his sentence.
He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years. The charges included housebreaking, theft, driving while under disqualification and criminal breach of trust as a servant.
One other charge of driving without valid insurance was also taken into consideration during sentencing.
The court heard that Mohamed Rizzal was working at Yoke Mah Plasterceil company at Defu Lane.
