Sam Ke Ting

JOHOR BARU: Clerk Sam Ke Ting has begun her appeal process against a High Court decision that sentenced her to six years in prison over the deaths of eight ...

Justice Abu Bakar also ordered that the conviction was to be recorded in her driving licence subsequent to the three-year ban. ALSO READ: Down to the parents to educate children on the dangers of "basikal lajak" The High Court also ruled that the lower court had erred in accepting her defence statement without her being under oath.

Sam Ke Ting has gone to the Court of Appeal to set aside her conviction as well as a six-year prison sentence and RM6,000 fine for reckless driving that ...

Sam Ke Ting was slapped with a heavy sentence, but netizens are divided over the ruling.

She is also a proud parent of 4 cats and 1 rabbit. This time, she was found guilty and has been sentenced to 6 years of jail and a RM6,000 fine, in addition to losing her driver’s license. Multiple petitions have been started by the public to seek justice for Sam Ke Ting, such as this and this, which argued that the charge was unfair and that she is innocent.

Sam had originally been freed from a charge of reckless driving by the Magistrates' Court in October 2019, being acquitted and discharged at the end of the.

“We Malaysians are horrified by the new sentence of Sam, where facts supported that she was a responsible driver, the real victim in this accident. “We are deeply saddened by the tragedy, and in any case, the lives lost cannot be revived. Its description reads, “Justice must be upheld despite the bitterness and pain!” “The tragic incident happened on the road after 3am. However, it seems that not everyone is happy with the verdict. “No one wants an accident to happen.

A six-year prison sentence and RM6,000 fine handed down to a driver for causing the deaths of eight teenagers on bicycles has caused Malaysian Institute of ...

However, Hasnan raised the point that drivers are required to be responsible and in control of their vehicle at all times. Hasnan said roads are not the place for bicycle racing except under controlled conditions. The basikal lajak they are riding is not fit for use, there is no safety,” he said. “The basikal lajak, with cut-down handlebars and perhaps no brakes, with the position they are riding in, does not give proper control,” Hasnan elaborated. On the other hand, we never expect kids to be there at that particular time, on a slope, and racing,” Lee said. Reported in The Star, Prof Wong said parents should not allow their children to ride or race bicycles, modified – popularly known as basikal lajak – or otherwise, on highways.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — More than 250000 signatures have been collected in less than 24 hours on two separate online petitions seeking either the release ...

The family members of the victims will bear this huge loss for their entire lives. “We Malaysians are horrified by the new sentence of Sam, where facts supported that she was a responsible driver, the real victim in this accident. DAP national legal bureau chairman Ramkarpal Singh said the bureau was prepared to “provide legal assistance to Sam and her legal team in the filing and hearing of the application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal”. “We feel very sad on the fatal accident, and whatever it is, the lives that have been lost cannot be brought back. The High Court decision came after the Magistrate’s Court in Johor Baru in October 2019 acquitted Sam without calling for her to enter defence as the court found that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case and after the same Magistrate’s Court in October 2021 again acquitted Sam as it found the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. The High Court in Johor Baru had yesterday reversed the previous acquittal of Sam over a reckless driving charge over her crashing into the eight teenagers at 3.20am in 2017, sentencing her to imprisonment without allowing bail and also to a RM6,000 fine and three-year driving ban upon completion of her prison term.

Sam Ke Ting, who is now 27 years old, was initially acquitted and discharged by the Magistrate Court, before the prosecution succeeded in their second appeal ...

This version was never raised by the respondent during the prosecution's case. Siti Hajar added that Sam was driving within the speed limit. Abu Bakar also said that with limited visibility, the respondent should have been aware of road safety if she drove her car beyond the speed limit of 50kph before reaching the scene of the incident. "The respondent, in her defence, stated that she did not see the group of cyclists at the scene and there was another vehicle that hit the deceased cyclists and drove off. The hilly road conditions had limit(ed) the line of sight of the road user." Siti Hajar added that the group of teenagers had gathered behind the hill to race on a road that had dim lighting.

KUALA LUMPUR: The clerk, who was sentenced to six years in jail and sent straight to prison for driving her car into eight teenagers racing modified ...

MCA Youth Legal Bureau chairman Ryan Ho chimed in a separate statement saying the High Court should consider the dangers of "basikal lajak" which endangers the safety of road users. "We believe the law is fair and will undertake every effort to assist her (Sam) in her appeal," he said in a statement on Wednesday (April 13). "The High Court's decision is a setback for Sam, and we will offer her the legal support she needs.