JAKARTA - The driver of a Volkswagen GTI car who lost control crashed into an iron pole and penetrated the glass of another car, killing a driver who refused to plead guilty.
Quoting Bernama, Thursday, June 4, the defendant's confession, Asrizal Hisham Khalid, 43, was delivered during a trial held at the Malaysian Magistrates Court on Wednesday, June 3.
Khalid was driving a five-passenger Volkswagen GTI that lost control and skidded into a Malaysia Public Works Department (JKR) iron pillar in the middle of the Malaysia Ferry Losong Road.
The entrepreneur pleaded not guilty in court to the charge of driving dangerously resulting in the death of another car driver, a teenage boy, in an accident on May 19, 2026 at 15.36.
The charge was filed under Article 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and can be punished under the same article and law which stipulates a prison sentence of not less than five years and not more than 10 years and a fine of not less than RM20,000 to RM50,000, if found guilty.
In addition, the defendant also faces revocation of the right to own or obtain a driver's license for a period of not less than five years from the date of the ruling.
The judge granted bail of RM10,000 to the accused with one guarantor and added the condition that the accused's driver's license would be suspended until the case was tried.
The trial was then adjourned and will resume on August 3.
Previously, it was reported that a Volkswagen GTI car lost control and skidded into a JKR iron pole in the middle of the road.
The car then entered the opposite lane and hit a van carrying the victim and his father.
The accident caused the JKR pole to fall and penetrate the van before stabbing the victim's head.
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