Driver sentenced to 12 days jail and RM10,000 fine for reckless driving and obstructing VIP convoy in KL

Driver sentenced to 12 days jail and RM10,000 fine for reckless driving and obstructing VIP convoy in KL

A driver who was arrested for driving in a reckless manner and obstructing a VIP convoy along the Sultan Iskandar Highway last Friday (May 6, 2022) was jailed for 12 days and fined RM10,000 by two separate Magistrates’ Courts, according to a report by The Star.

The driver, a 36-year-old maintenance worker, was sentenced to seven days in jail and a fine of RM3,000, in default three months’ jail, after pleading guilty to obstructing a police outrider from carrying out his duty while escorting the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak and his convoy.

Meanwhile, in another court, he was slapped with five days’ jail and a RM7,000 fine, in default five months’ jail, after pleading guilty to driving in a reckless manner on the same date and location.

The accused was ordered to serve the seven-day jail sentence from the date of arrest on May 7, 2022, and the five-day jail sentence to run from Tuesday (May 10, 2022). His driving licence was also suspended for not more than five years.

On the day of the incident, which happened around 10pm, the VIP convoy was passing through the Sultan Iskandar Highway towards the Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim exit when the accused’s car overtook the convoy on left lane and grazed another vehicle. According to a dashcam video footage, the car was speeding as it overtook the convoy through the emergency lane and ignored the police outrider’s signal to get out of the convoy’s way.

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Comments

  • We can see how efficient our government servants are when involving super VVIP!

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    • Ghani on May 11, 2022 at 3:37 pm

      So if blocking DAP MP’s son will kena jail & fine or not?

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      • Ravindran on May 11, 2022 at 4:38 pm

        Umno or Dap ?Videos of outriders escorting the son of Baling MP Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim through the streets of Penang are being investigated by police.

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        • Amran on May 11, 2022 at 5:15 pm

          Nice try, you mean
          Videos of outriders escorting the son of DAP MP through the streets of Penang are being investigated by police.

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          • Amriji on May 11, 2022 at 6:07 pm

            Nice try? Yg sudah terang lagi bersuluh. Satu Malaysia sudah tahu. Macam kes Tabung Haji dulu. Jangan protect sangat individu sampai orang menyampah kat parti sudah ler.

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          • Sorry bro. I confirmed 100000% it is my MP’s useless son. Confirm dy it is from our team no need dispute anymore please.

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          • Angry Voters on May 12, 2022 at 1:09 pm

            The whole world knows it is DAP MP’s son. Only braindead PH zombies still trying to blame UMNO for everything under the sun as per their usual trick. Too bad people got wiser after being scammed on a national scale back in 2018.

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        • Copy Paste on May 11, 2022 at 5:24 pm

          Copy paste: “Excellent example of simply typing a comment by plucking info from thin air.”

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  • Ben Yap on May 11, 2022 at 2:03 pm

    maintenance worker got fined RM10k and that’s more than 1 year his savings. hahahahaha….

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  • seancorr on May 11, 2022 at 2:32 pm

    Eh then what about VIP convoy obstructing ambulance on official duty?

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    • Rakyat Malaysia on May 11, 2022 at 3:39 pm

      VIP comes first. In USA, paramedic ambulance also have to give way to US President VIP convoy.

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    • Boy Racer on May 11, 2022 at 6:32 pm

      Always “under investigation”, aka free to go and hope the rakyat forgets.

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  • Then the poor man go pinjam duit sana sini to pay 10k.. later his financial problem got bigger, then maybe ah long will involved, and so on and so on.. the hukuman will create more problems…

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    • Lolwhut? on May 11, 2022 at 4:32 pm

      That poor man can just withdraw 10k from his EPF and pay his saman. Learning a good lesson not to do that again.

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  • Curious on May 11, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    Whether hav or dun hav licence or hav outstanding summons, wil stil drive again.

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  • Wow so efficient! Fyi, there are “racing” YouTube channels on public Malaysian roads yet no action taken. Amazing. Only in Malaysia you get treated based on your speciality.

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  • ROTI CANAI on May 11, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    time to lawan

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  • One of those brainless honda ricers again

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  • Worried man on May 12, 2022 at 11:20 am

    Question whats the contribution of such vvip to the nation again? Seems macam bully only.

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