‘Part of our happiness and hope is gone’: Father’s grief as senior cop jailed seven-and-a-half years over Ipoh schoolboy’s death

IPOH, Oct 28 — A senior police officer was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment by the High Court here today after pleading guilty to an amended charge of causing the death of student Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie in 2023.

Judge Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet ordered Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak to serve the sentence from December 15, 2023, the date of his arrest.

The court also ordered Mohd Nazri to pay RM50,000 in compensation to the victim’s father, Muhd Zamrie Zainal Abidin, 58, failing which he would serve an additional year in prison.

Under the amended charge, Mohd Nazri was accused of causing the death of Muhammad Zaharif, 17, knowing that his act was likely to cause death, near Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jati here between 11.55am and 12.32pm on December 15, 2023.