A year later, Sam walks free

PUTRAJAYA: “There was simply no way to avoid a car crashing into a big group of basikal lajak riders, except if the car had flown over them.”

With those words, Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail, who chaired a three-judge Appeals Court panel, freed 28-year-old Sam Ke Ting of a charge of reckless driving in a case that has hogged the limelight for six years and sparked debate on road safety.