KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11 -- The RM5,500 fine handed to a motorist in a recent Cheras road rage case has drawn criticism for failing to reflect the severity of the assault, said National Road Safety Council (MKJR) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

According to a report by New Straits Times, Lee described the incident not merely as a traffic dispute but as an example of a broader societal issue.

Lee was commenting on the court case in which 52-year-old trader Saiful Adli Yusof was fined after pleading guilty to assaulting and threatening an elderly man following a minor collision in Kajang last Sunday.

Saiful was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt and Section 506 for criminal intimidation.

The victim, 70-...