Tan Jun Xian, 32, and Wong Yu Yang, 26, who work as"runners", were jointly charged in a Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday with voluntarily causing hurt to Low Chong Yeow, 31.
Tan and Wong were charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan and are liable to be jailed up to a year or fined a maximum RM2,000 or both, if convicted.The charge, under Section 365 of the Penal Code, provides for a jail term of up to seven years and a fine upon conviction.
The charge under Section 385 of the Penal Code provides for a jail term of up to seven years or a fine or caning, or any of the two, upon conviction.