Driver gets five years’ jail

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Former part-time model Ng Pei Ven, 22, who drove against traffic on the North-South Expressway (NSE) and killed another driver three years ago, has been granted a stay of execution for her five-year jail term pending appeal.

Ng’s lawyer Lim Boon Beng, who filed the appeal at the Magistrate’s Court here, said his client regretted her actions and had apologised to the family of the victim, Mohamad Fandi Rosli.