Man jailed over fatal police car chase


JOHOR BARU: A shop assistant, whose car collided with a police vehicle during a car chase and causing the death of a policeman, has been sentenced to nine years’ jail and fined RM36,800.

Mohamad Shafiq Lokman, 25, pleaded guilty to four charges before magistrates Mohd Zaki Abd Rahman and Nurasidah A. Rahman at two separate courts here yesterday.

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