Court upholds acquittal of driver in fatal ‘mat lajak’ case


JOHOR BARU: A Magistrate’s Court here has upheld the decision to acquit and discharge a saleswoman of reckless driving that resulted in the death of eight teenagers on modified bicycles, known as “basikal lajak”, four years ago.

The decision on the appeal was made by magistrate Siti Hajar Ali after Sam Ke Ting, 26, was ordered to enter her defence at the High Court in February.

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