May 11 case management of appeal by clerk in ‘basikal lajak’ case

May 11 case management of appeal by clerk in ‘basikal lajak’ case

The proceedings will be held before the Court of Appeal deputy registrar via Zoom.

Clerk Sam Ke Ting was allowed to stay the jail sentence and fine imposed by the Johor Bahru High Court, and released on bail. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya has set May 11 for case management of an appeal by a female clerk who was sentenced to six years’ jail and RM6,000 fine for reckless driving which resulted in the deaths of eight teenagers on modified bicycles, commonly known as “basikal lajak”, five years ago.

Lawyer Faizal Mokhtar, representing the clerk, Sam Ke Ting, 27, revealed the date when contacted today.

A check of the court system found that the case management would be held before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Khairi Haron via Zoom.

On April 18, the court allowed Sam’s application to stay the execution of the jail sentence and fine imposed by the Johor Bahru High Court on April 13 and released her on bail of RM10,000 in one surety pending the hearing of her appeal.

High Court judge Abu Bakar Katar, who meted out the jail sentence and fine on Sam, also ordered her to be jailed for six months if she failed to pay the fine and a three-year driving ban upon completion of her prison term.

The court handed down the decision after allowing the prosecution’s appeal to set aside a magistrates’ court’s decision on Oct 10 last year, which acquitted and discharged the woman.

Sam, who was 22 at the time of the incident, was charged with committing the offence at Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Johor Bahru, at 3.20am on Feb 18, 2017.

The eight teenagers killed in the incident were Azrie Danish Zulkefli, 14; Shahrul Izzwan Azzuraimie, 14; Firdauz Danish Mohd Azhar, 16; Fauzan Halmijan, 13; Azhar Amir, 16; Harith Iskandar Abdullah, 14; Shahrul Nizam Marudin, 14; and Haizad Kasrin, 16.

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