Govt considering 20-year jail sentence for reckless, drunk drivers


PUTRAJAYA: Reckless and intoxicated drivers could face up to 20 years in jail once amendments are made to the Road Transport Act, says Datuk Liew Vui Keong (pic).

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department said this was among the things that the government was looking into, with the Act being reviewed to introduce harsher punishments.

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