Motorist jailed five years for reckless driving that caused senior citizen's death


PORT DICKSON: A 23-year-old man was sentenced to five years' jail by a Magistrate's Court here Monday (March 11) after he pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving which caused the death of a 68-year-old motorcyclist.

Magistrate Uthman Abdul Ghani also ordered G. Khishen Kumar, who was 21 when the incident occurred, to pay a RM20,000 fine in default six months' jail; and barred him from driving for five years.

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